Course Title: Develop assessment tools

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2009

Course Code: TCHE5143C

Course Title: Develop assessment tools

School: 360T Education

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4177 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

Course Contact : Maria Dimitrakopoulos

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4933

Course Contact Email:maria.dimitrakopoulos@rmit.edu.au

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 30

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

There are no formal entrance requirements for this course. However, applicants are required to have effective language, communications and interpersonal skills and the ability to write a range of documentation.

Course Description

This unit specifies the competence required to develop assessment tools.

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	TAAASS403B Develop assessment tools
Element:	01 Determine the focus of the assessment tool
Performance Criteria:	• The target group of candidates and the purpose/s and context/s of assessment are identified/clarified • The relevant benchmarks for assessment are accessed and interpreted to establish the evidence required to demonstrate competency • Where competency standards form the assessment benchmark/s, all component parts of the competency standards are interpreted and, where relevant, these standards are contextualised to meet organisational/legal/ethical requirements, in accordance with contextualisation guidelines • Other related documentation is identified to inform assessment tool development
Element:	02 Determine assessment tool needs
Performance Criteria:	• Assessment methods are selected which will support the collection of defined evidence, taking into account the context in which the assessment will take place and meeting the principles of assessment • Nominated assessment methods enable candidates to show or support their claim for recognition of current competency • Different instruments for the selected assessment methods are considered and options for assessment activities are generated using critical thinking skills
Element:	03 Design and develop assessment tools
Performance Criteria:	• Specific instruments are developed to address the evidence to be collected based on devising assessment activities which: -meet the competency standards -reflect the principles of assessment -incorporate principles of access and equity -meet the rules of evidence -provide choice, where appropriate -are sequenced to reflect competency development in a learning and assessment pathway -are user-friendly -reflect the assessment environment -are practicable • Assessment instruments are developed using appropriate: -style and format -language, literacy and numeracy -sensitivity to audience diversity -visual and aural representation -media • Clear and specific procedures instructing the assessor and/or candidate on the administration and use of the instruments are defined and documented • Relevant assessment system policy and procedures requirements are considered and addressed including storage and retrieval needs, review and evaluation, version control procedures
Element:	04 Review and trial assessment tools
Performance Criteria:	• Draft assessment tools are checked against evaluation criteria and amended, where necessary • Draft assessment tools are trialled to validate content and applicability • Feedback from relevant people involved in trialling is collected and documented • Amendments to the final tools are made based on analysis of feedback, where required • Revised assessment tools are appropriately formatted and filed in accordance with assessment system policies and procedures and organisational/legal/ethical requirements

Learning Outcomes

Details of Learning Activities

Students will study the principles and skills involved in training and assessment through a range of classroom based and out of classroom based activities. The use of ‘real world’ examples will assist students throughout the course to contextualise the course content.

Classroom learning will be active. Students will individually, in pairs, in small groups and with the whole group have the opportunity to :
• reflect on and discuss key concepts.
• apply concepts to current training situations.
• make presentations to the class
• participate in case studies and problem solving scenarios
• research using the internet

The training material and assessment tasks also aid in the development of skills and reflection and consolidation of the learning.

In the delivery of material in this program, the trainer models effective training methods and practices. Students are encouraged to critically examine teaching strategies and identify potential application for their teaching situation. This means that learning happens on two levels: through the actual content and the experience of the course delivery

Teaching Schedule

A course guide is provided to the participant before the course begins.

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

Overview of Assessment

Assessment will take place throughout the course. You work will be assessed on a competent/not yet competent basis – it will not be graded. Work in class and out of class is assessed. It will include:
• Individual assignments, group tasks and presentations
• workplace projects

Assessment task list are provided for each Module – this will include ‘in class’ tasks and individual projects out of class time

Assessment Tasks

Assessment will take place throughout the course. You work will be assessed on a competent/not yet competent basis – it will not be graded. Work in class and out of class is assessed. It will include:
• Individual assignments, group tasks and presentations
• workplace projects

Assessment task list are provided for each Module – this will include ‘in class’ tasks and individual projects out of class time

Assessment Matrix

A student must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including technical requirements documentation, homework and in class exercises, written tests, practical problem solving exercises and practical tests. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met

This program covers fourteen competencies required for the TAA Certificate IV. An assessment matrix containing the competencies and their elements is matched against the assessment tasks submitted by each student.

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