Prerequisites for Module
Anyone undertaking this module is normally expected to have satisfactorily completed a degree (preferably at honours level) or the equivalent in an appropriate discipline.
It is also expected that they will have completed Module CLM002 (Teaching and Learning Methods) or the equivalent.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To demonstrate a critical understanding of the pedagogy of assessment and use assessment methods in assessing learning when working in Higher Education.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Match assessment to the intended learning outcomes.
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Make effective use of a range of techniques in assessing student competence, work-based experience and prior learning, and in organising continuous assessment, peer assessment and self assessment.
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Grade assessed work and give appropriate feedback after assessment to learners.
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Indicative Module Content
Assessing lower-cognitive skills, assessing higher-cognitive skills, assessing laboratory, studio, project and field work, assessing thesses and dissertations.
Assessing competence and work-based exerience; assessing prior learning and experience; using continuous assessment and portfolios; using peer and self-assessment.
Introduction to Computer Assisted Assessment (CAA), developing online assessment.
Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Part Time | Individual tutorials, including assessment of work of module
| 10 |
Directed Study
| | Self-study of module resource materials and associated activities and assignments (and online discussions for online students)
| 120 |
Private Study
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| 20 |
| Mode of Delivery
This module is taught entirely by directed self-sutdy, backed up by individual tutorials arranged on an open-learning basis. It involves working through a structured series of study guide-workbooks and associated course readers, with support from a local mentor and a course tutor as and when required.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 1 | 1,2,3
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This component is assesed by a portfolio of evidence.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | CELT, 2000. Assessing lower-cognitive skills
CELT, 2000. Assessing higher-cognitive skills
CELT, 2000. Assessing laboratory, studio, project and field work
CELT, 2000. Assessing theses and dissertations
CELT, 2000. Assessing competence and work based experience
CELT, 2000. Assessing prior learning and experience
CELT, 2000. Using continuous asssessment and portfolios
CELT, 2000. Computer Assisted Assessment (CAA)
| | 2. | LTSN, 2002. Assessment Series - http//www.ltsn.ac.uk/genericcentre/projects/assessment/
| | 3. | QAA Codes of Practice - http://www.qaa.ac.uk/public srhbook/contents.htm
| | 4. | Detailed reading and reference lists and relevant websites are provided at the end of each booklet and these will be updated on an annual basis.
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Additional Notes
This module constitutes one of the core modules of the 60-credit PgCert higher Education Learning and teaching run by The Robert Gordon University. It is available both as a complete 15-credit module, delivered on an open-learning basis by the Department for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching and Assessment(DELTA)as separate 5-credit short course units, delivered via the Web.
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