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Unit Summary
Unit type
PG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Unit aim
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
Learning outcomes
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 | 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 | critique and reflect on peer review of assessment practice. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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analyse and discuss the relationship between student learning and assessment
- GA1:
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critically analyse contemporary issues and participate in debates about student assessment
- GA1:
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reflect on own assessment practices and diagnose areas requiring development
- GA5:
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critique and reflect on peer review of assessment practice.
- GA2:
- GA5: