Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

The assessment of the course will take place throughout the semester in the form of a series of learning-evidence activities, which are detailed in the grid below (EV1, EV2, etc.). Non-delivered activities will receive a mark of 0.0. It should be noted that a student who has delivered activities that amount to 40% or more of the final mark for the course will be regarded as having taken the course and, thus, will have a final mark. Otherwise, the final qualification will be “no presentat” (absent). 

The final grade for the subject will be the result of the weighted mean of all learning-evidence activities. To pass the course, students must have obtained a weighted mean of 5 or more across all learning-evidence activities, and a minimum score of 4.0 in each learning activity. If the weighted mean is equal to or higher than 5, but there are evidences with grades under 4.0, the grade that will be registered in the student’s academic record will be 4.0.

Reassessment: Students may be reassessed of any learning-evidence activities if (1) any of the learning-evidence activities has received a grade under 4.0, or (2) their weighted mean grade does not reach a minimum of 5.0 points. The reassessment process only allows students to obtain a maximum grade of 5.0 for each activity that is reassessed; this means that failed activities may get a final grade of 5.0, at most. Afterwards,the corresponding mark will be weighted, so as to maintain the weight relationship across all other activities. Reassessment cannot be used to increase grades.

For more information on assessment criteria, please visit https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/graus/graus/avaluacions-1345722525858.htm.

Description

Attendance. Attendance to sessions is not mandatory. However, if a student does not attend a seminar session (in which assessments are carried out every day), he/she will receive a grade of 0.0 in that activity, regardless of whether the activity is carried out individually or in groups. Note that a grade of 0.0 does not prevent students from carrying out the rest of the assessment activities, neither of the Ev4 nor of other learning activities, which will maintain their relative weight in the calculation of the final grade. For example, in the 9 seminar sessions throughout the subject, a student has obtained the following numerical grades: 8.0, 4.0, 6.0, 9.0, 0.0, 0.0, 7.0, 5.0, and 6.0 (0.0 indicates sessions where the student was absent from class). The average of these grades is 5.0 and the student will therefore have passed this learning activity. On the other hand, if a student has obtained the following numerical grades in the seminar activities: 8.0, 0.0, 6.0, 9.0, 0.0, 0.0, 7.0, 5.0, and 6.0, the average would be 4.6; therefore, he/she will have failed this learning-activity. Note that whether an absence is justified or not is merely informative. The justification does not exempt the student from the requirement to attend to obtain a grade. Finally, seminar activities may not be reassessed, as they are activities designed to be carried out in class, often in groups, and with the supervision of the teaching staff.

Single assessment. 

TO OPT FOR SINGLE ASSESSMENT, STUDENTS MUST FILL THE CORRESPONDING E-FORM WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED PERIOD (more information at UAB's website)

This subject offers students the option to concentrate all assessment in a single date during the second assessment period (at the end of the course). Such evaluation will consist of two oral exercises (one for the oral language block and another one for the written language block) and a written exercise (to evaluate the content of the seminars, Ev4). The weight ofeach exercise towards the final grade will be equivalent to the continued assessment weights: the oral-language exercice will contribute 20% to the final grade, the written-language exercise will contribute 50%, and the seminar-related exercise will contribute the remaining 30% of the grade. The oral exams to assess the oral-language and written language blocks will consist of asking the student a series of questions about the topics in each block. To assess the topics of the seminars, students who opt for the single assessment option will need to complete a questionnaire about (1) the content and methodological characteristics of a metaanalysis that will be provided the same thay of the exam; (2) aspects about the development and teaching of numeracy and its difficulties; and (3) aspectes on school organization. The oral-language oral exam will have an approximate duration of 15 minutes; the written language oral exam will have an approximate duration of 20 minutes, while the seminar-related questionnaire will require approximately 3 hours to complete.

The final grade of the single assessment will be the weighted mean of the two oral exercises and the seminars’ questionnaire, and must be 5.0 or more to pass the subject. Just like the continued assessment, if the grade in either exercise was below 4, the grade cannot be averaged with the rest and the student would have failed the single assessment. In such instance (fail), the student has the right to be reassessed of the learning evidence(s) that he/she has failed. The reassessment exam will have the same characteristics and duration (two oral exercises and a written questionnaire; about 4 hours.)

Note: All students, whether they are taking the course for the first time or not, will be evaluated using the same criteria and procedure.