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Assessment for Teaching (EDUC90370)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Not available in 2020
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Overview
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In this subject teacher candidates will link assessment to teaching and classroom learning. Links between assessment and the primary school curriculum are examined and connected to evidence-based decision making and developmental frameworks. Candidates will develop an understanding of both objective and subjective assessment strategies suitable for primary school-aged students. The importance and use of various approaches to gathering evidence, interpretation of hierarchies and developmental frameworks, and reporting will be examined and several will be practised. Both informal and formal methods of assessment will be considered. Candidates will develop skills in evaluating assessment and reporting. Skills in combining evidence of learning to form assessment for teaching, recording and reporting purposes will be developed.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this subject, teacher candidates will be able to:
- Practise different approaches to collecting evidence of learning and development;
- Construct assessment procedures that yield a developmental learning continuum;
- Interpret assessment data using formal interpretative frameworks;
- Locate students on the continuum;
- Identify, design and defend differentiated and focussed intervention strategies for each student;
- Link teaching and learning resources to intervention strategies;
- Monitor student development on the continuum;
- Combine development continua for overall assessments from unit or module to subject and year levels;
- Report to stakeholders about student learning and make recommendations for support and intervention.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, teacher candidates will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to:
- Be skilled communicators who can effectively articulate and justify their practices as knowledgeable agents of change.
- Work in teams with skills in cooperation, communication and negotiation;
- Be independent of mind, responsible, resilient, self-regulating;
- Have a conscious personal and social values base.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90369 | Professional Practice and Seminar Prim 2 | No longer available |
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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A test
| Early/mid semester | 25% |
An analytical task
| Mid semester | 50% |
A planning task
| End of semester | 25% |
Hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum hurdle requirement of 80% attendance at all tutorials, seminars and workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
Not available in 2020
Time commitment details
85 hours
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Patrick Griffin (Ed) (2014) Assessment for Teaching ISBN 978-1-107-63609-5
- Links to additional information
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 10 February 2024