115753, 115755: Integrated Assessors programme
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NQF Level: |
5, 6 |
Credits: |
25 |
Registration Price: |
R 660 to be paid upon registration |
Certification & Exam Price: |
R 6600 to be paid before examination |
Topics Covered
Chapter 1: The design principles of assessment
- Introduction
- Assessment strategies
- Assessment frames of reference
- Assessment procedures
- Assessment evidence
- Assessment methods
- Differences in designing assessments for RPL-candidates and for programme-based assessment
- Key principles of assessment
- Summary of Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Design assessments
- Introduction
- Factors to consider in the design of assessment: assessment criteria
- The principles of adult learning
- Evidence of activities that assess outcomes
- The approach to the assessment
- Scaffolding learning
- Outcomes to be assessed
- Types and quality of evidence to be collected
- Resources required
- Conditions for assessment
- Accountability
- Instructions to support personnel
- Cost and time requirements
- Timing and time limits of the assessment
- Contingency planning
- Cost-effectiveness in design
- The assessment plan
- Quality assurance of the assessment design
- Considering the characteristics of the student
- Adjusting the assessment instruments to the characteristics of the students
- The assessment guide
- Determining the focus of the assessment tool
- Design and develop assessment tools
- The Memorandum
- Results of previous assessments
- Special needs of students and unfair barriers to achievement
- Achieving holistic, integrated and comprehensive assessment
- Opportunities for gathering naturally-occurring evidence
- Summary of Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Develop assessment activities
- Introduction
- Selecting assessment activities
- Achieving integrated assessment
- Communicating with students about assessment
- Efficient and effective assessment
- Contextualising assessment activities
- Time allocated for assessment
- Summary of Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Developing subjective assessment methods
- Introduction
- Diagnostic assessment
- Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
- Tests or examinations
- Checklists
- Semantic differential
- Ranking
- Open book examinations
- Practical examination
- Delayed-action examination
- Oral examination or presentation
- Assessment of a situation or simulation test
- Interpretation tests
- Creativity tests
- Self-assessment
- Witness testimony and peer reports
- Group assessment
- Observation in the workplace
- Rubrics
- Summary of Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Developing objective assessment methods
- Introduction
- Completing the answer tests
- Insert-type questions
- Selection-type questions
- Multiple-choice questions
- Comprehension questions
- Application-type questions
- Interpretive exercises
- The alternative-choice test
- Matching-item tests
- The structured question
- Online assessment
- Shortcomings of objective tests
- Summary of chapter 5
Chapter 6: Evaluate assessment design and development
- Introduction
- Evaluate assessment designs and guides
- The criteria against which assessment instruments are to be evaluated
- Capturing evaluation results
- Making recommendations
- Quality assurance requirements
- Summary of Chapter 6
Chapter 7: An introduction to assessment
- Introduction
- Students, learners and candidates
- Assessment defined
- The difference between assessment and evaluation
- The purposes of assessment
- The curriculum and the hidden curriculum
- Assessment strategies
- Assessment frames of reference
- Assessment procedures
- Assessment evidence
- Assessment methods
- Summary of Chapter 7
Chapter 8: Prepare for assessment
- Introduction
- The principles of assessment
- Role players in assessmen
- Pre-assessment moderation
- Briefing the students on the assessment
- Arranging resources needed for assessment
- Establish and maintain the assessment environment
- Summary of Chapter 8
Chapter 9: Conduct assessment
- Introduction
- Making use of sources of evidence - gathering quality evidence
- Collect evidence in accordance with the assessment plan
- Gathering naturally-occurring evidence: assessment in the workplace
- Supporting the student
- Making the assessment decisions
- Record and report the assessment decisions
- Making recommendations
- Summary of Chapter 9
Chapter 10: Provide feedback on assessments
- Introduction
- Providing feedback explained
- Giving feedback on assessment results
- Providing feedback on social skills
- Returning the examination papers to the students
- Appeals
- Re-assessment
- Handling disputes
- Making further decisions
- Summary of Chapter 10
Chapter 11: Review assessments
- Introduction
- The need for confidentiality
- Who reviews assessment instruments and processes?
- What should be reviewed?
- Approaches to the review of assessments
- Identifying strengths and weaknesses in the instruments and processes
- Activities governing the quality assurance of assessment
- Changing assessment practices
- Giving feedback to designers and developers of assessment instruments
- Summary of Chapter 11
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