Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Kew Campus) (Volume 5 page 40)
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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Christine Ure.
Prerequisite: CDS2A or approved equivalent.
Contact: A 3-hour lecture/tutorial/workshop each week, or equivalent.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- show understanding of the reasons for undertaking developmental or educational assessment; types of commonly used assessment and the uses to be made of these assessments with young children;
- articulate strategies they would use to determine when and if to undertake various forms of assessment;
- demonstrate competence in the administration and interpretation of at least one form of developmental or educational assessment; and
- demonstrate their ability to use the knowledge and skills they have gained to develop a programme for an individual child.
Content:
A study of assessment; when to undertake it, how to undertake it, how to interpret it and what to do with the results obtained. Topics will include definitions of and comparisons between "assessment", "evaluation" and "screening". Consideration of the various types of assessment such as observations, judgments, tests and check lists. Examination of the value of appropriateness of current versus historical, formal versus informal testing, teacher based versus commercially produced tests, and norm-referenced versus criterion-referenced assessment. The relation between assessment results and the programme specifically designed for the child.
Assessment:
A 1500-word essay (30 per cent); a 1500-word report of a videotaped assessment (30 per cent) and the administration and interpretation of a selected assessment instrument (40 per cent).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Kew Campus) (Volume 5 page 40)
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