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Unit of Study TCH03194 - Assessment and Learning in Higher Education (2014)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    8

  • Level of learning

    Advanced

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

Unit description

Enables current teachers in higher education to advance their understanding of contemporary assessment practice and advance their own practice by a critical engagement with contemporary assessment literature. Participants complete a self-directed project relating to their own higher education assessment context.

Unit content

Topic 1 - Assessment for learning
Topic 2 - Designing assessment schemes
Topic 3 - Marking and feedback

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 3 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 analyse and discuss the relationship between student learning and assessment
2 critically analyse contemporary issues and participate in debates about student assessment
3 reflect on own assessment practices and diagnose areas requiring development
4 plan, implement and reflect on outcomes of a project to enhance assessment practice.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. analyse and discuss the relationship between student learning and assessment
    • GA1:
  2. critically analyse contemporary issues and participate in debates about student assessment
    • GA1:
  3. reflect on own assessment practices and diagnose areas requiring development
    • GA5:
  4. plan, implement and reflect on outcomes of a project to enhance assessment practice.
    • GA2:
    • GA5:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.