Unit details
EXE733 - Assessing Learning
| Offered at: | (B, X) |
|---|---|
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Offerings: | Trimester 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit chair: | B Doig |
| Incompatible with: | EME720, ECV722 and ESS722 |
| Contact hours: | 3-4 hours per week for on campus students |
Content
Assessment is commonly used to measure learning achievements as well as to enhance, guide, and inform both learning and teaching, and motivate the learning process. Critical, but often disregarded, is the context in which assessment is placed. This generic unit examines forms of assessment used in education and training, how these are administered (including technological-supported means of assessment), by whom and for what purposes, and the features of assessment that characterise exemplary practice.
Using resources presented in a variety of media, participants will examine the theory that underpins:
- assessment as measurement;
- assessment as guidance and learning enhancement; and
- the selection of assessment tools and processes that are contextually relevant.
Assessment
Two pieces of assessment, each worth 50% and approximately 3000 words, will be negotiated around the two major focuses of the unit:
- the theoretical underpinnings of exemplary assessment and its application in context;
- a critique of the practice of assessment.
Unit Fee Information
| Student Contribution Rate* | Student Contribution Rate** | Student Contribution Rate*** | Fee rate - Domestic Students | Fee rate - International students |
| $706 | $565 | $565 | $1872 | $2394 |
* Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2010
** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2009
*** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2008
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.
