Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Individual written tests	77,50	0	0	3, 11, 12, 1
Plannning, solving and reporting of problems and/or activities	11,25	0	0	6, 3, 9, 11, 12, 1, 15
Projects or investigations	11,25	0	0	2, 5, 6, 13, 14, 4, 7, 8, 10

The student must work bearing in mind that learning mathematics requires daily practice and that mathematics is not learned by watching or listening to how someone does mathematics. Learning is based on DOING mathematics, showing a proactive attitude. Students are expected to autonomously take responsibility for extending and consolidating their basic mathematical knowledge.

The specification of some of the assessment activities will depend on whether the student chooses continuous assessment or single assessment. The assessment criteria will be the same for all those enrolled on the course.

TEST OF BASIC MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE AS A REQUIREMENT FOR ASSESSMENT

During the course the student must obtain a minimum mark of 7 out of 10 in a Basic Mathematical Knowledge (BMK) test in which he/she must demonstrate that he/she has mastered the mathematical knowledge proper to compulsory education.

• On the first day of the course (10/02/2026 or 12/02/2026 as appropriate) ALL students may sit this test on the first day of the course: BMK 1. Those students who obtain a mark equal to or higher than 7/10 will be considered to have passed the BMK.

• In the middle of the semester, there will be a new opportunity to take this test: BMK 2. Students who have not obtained a 7/10 in the BMK 1 test will be able to take this test, whether they are in continuous or single assessment. It will take place in the middle of the semester - dates to be specified by the teacher depending on the organisation of the content blocks. Each teacher will publish the date of BMK 2 when they publish the course syllabus.

• There will be a CMF make-up exam (CMF3) (23/06/2026 or 25/06/2026, as applicable) for those students, both continuous assessment and single assessment, who have not obtained a 7 in previous CMF exam sessions. A minimum grade of 7/10 is required to pass.

The BMK test is intended that the studenthas reached a good level of basic mathematics, in particular the mathematics of compulsory education, which is a prerequisite for the evaluation of the subject. In the event that the student does not pass the minimum grade in any of the three examinations, the final grade for the subject will be a 3.

TYPOLOGY AND WEIGHTING OF EVALUATION ACTIVITIES

For each of the different blocks into which the subject is organised (organisation of data; numbers and proportionality; geometry and measurement) there will be a follow-up assessment activity for the block, which will take one form or another depending on whether the student chooses continuous assessment or single assessment.

The follow-up assessment activities for each block have different typologies and are defined based on the content bloc:

• Data Organization Block – The follow-up assessment for this block accounts for 15% of the course grade and is comprised of two components: a) Project Planning, Development, and Reporting: For the data organization block, students will be asked to plan and develop a statistical research project in small groups; and b) individual completion of three exercises related to the concepts covered in class, which will take place on the final day of the block. The individual grade for the data organization block is obtained by weighting the project grade resulting from the group work (75%) and the grade for the three exercises (25%). The total grade for the data organization block accounts for 15% of the course grade.

• Geometry and Measurement Block – The follow-up assessment for the geometry and measurement block has two components: a) Planning, solving, and reporting on activities: For the geometry and measurement block, a practical exercise will be proposed consisting of a set of interlinked mathematical activities to be developed in small groups and discussed in seminars; and b) individual completion of three exercises linked to the concepts worked on in class, which will take place on the last day of the block. The individual grade for the geometry and measurement block is obtained by weighting the grade for the practical exercise resulting from the group work (75%) and the grade for the individual exercises (25%). The grade for the geometry and measurement block corresponds to 15% of the course grade.

• Numbers and proportionality block – For the numbers and proportionality block, students must take an individual follow-up test (20% of the course grade)

At the beginning of each block, the follow-up assessment activities for the block will be presented and specified.

• Continuous assessment students will submit their group work for blog monitoring one week after the end of the block. Instructors will publish the dates of the submissions and the numerical test for blog monitoring when publishing the program, as the dates depend on the timing of the blocks.

• Students who opt for a single assessment for the geometry and measurement and data organization sections will be required to submit a written report for the activity and/or project and complete a written validation activity for their submitted report. The reports and validation tests and the test for the block numbers and proportionality will take place on 16/06/2026 or 8/06/2026, as appropriate.

FINAL TEST

Two weeks after finishing the subject there will be an individual final test of the entire course content (50% of the course grade). The date of the final exam is 16/06/2026 or 18/06/2026 depending on the day of the week that the group teaches this subject.

CMF MAKE-UP TEST 

Those students, whether taking continuous assessment or single assessment, who have not obtained a 7 in both previous CMF sessions may take a make-up CMF test on 06/23/2026 or 06/25/2026, depending on the day of the week the group has a class. A minimum grade of 7/10 is required to pass.

MAKE-UP TEST

Those students who do not achieve a 5 in the final exam, if the weighted average of their marks (block follow-up and final exam) is higher than or equal to 3.5, they can take the make-up exam (weighted 50% - in substitution of the mark in the final exam). The make-up test is not a test to improve the grade of the final test in the case of students who have passed it. The make-up test will be held two weeks after the final test, on 30/06/2026 or 02/07/2026 depending on the day of the week that the group teaches this subject. When a student has had to take the make-up test and has passed it, the maximum mark that will be considered for the weighting of the course marks will be a 5, regardless of whether the student has obtained a higher mark in the make-up test.

CALCULATION OF THE COURSE GRADE

The final grade of the course is the weighted average of the marks of the three evaluation activities of the monitoring of the blocks (geometry and measurement = 15%; number and proportionality = 20%; organisation of data = 15%) and the mark obtained in the final test or the make-up test (with a weight of 50%), with the following conditions:

• In order to be eligible for the weighted average of the course marks, the student must have obtained a minimum of 7 out of 10 in the Fundamental Mathematical Knowledge test. If the student has not reached this minimum in any of the opportunities given, the final grade for the course will be a 3.
• In order to be eligible for the weighted average with the rest of the marks of the course, the student must have obtained a minimum of 5 in the final exam or in the make-up exam. If the student does not obtain a minimum of 5 in the final exam or in the make-up exam, he/she does not pass the course and the final grade for the subject will be a 3.
• Late submission of the block assessment activities will result in a 0 in the block assessment. Likewise, failure to attend the problem-solving test will result in a 0 in the evaluation of that block.
• The block follow-up assessment activities are not recoverable in any case.
• Despite having passed the final exam or, where appropriate, the recovery, if the weighted average of the marks does not reach 5, the student does not pass the subject and the final grade on their transcript will be a 3.

OTHER ASSESSMENT CONSIDERATIONS

The student should take into account the following normative considerations on assessment:

• The dates established for the CMF exams, final assessment, and resits are non-changeable unless the student suffers from a serious illness or any other justified exceptional situation. Individual changes to the dates of submissions or tests will not be made, except for justified reasons. A driver's license exam, a pre-arranged trip, or a family celebration are examples of situations that DO NOT generate changes to the dates of the subject assessment activities.

• Block follow-up assessment activities cannot be made up. The CMF test and the final test can be made up under the conditions set out above.

• Any student who has not been assessed in a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to at least two-thirds of the total grade for the subject will be considered unassessable.

• The use of a calculator is not allowed in individual written tests, unless indicated by the teacher.

• The use of Artificial Intelligence tools in assessment activities is not allowed.

• All assessment activities are compulsory for all students.

• The mark for a group assignment is not necessarily the individual mark for each student in that group.

• The copying or plagiarism of material or the use of AI in assessment activities when not explicitly recommended by the teacher will be considered a lack of honesty in assessment and may result in a 0 in the overall mark for the subject.

•  The lecturer will publish the marks for the assessment activities within a period of no more than 20 working days of the academic calendar and will make the relevant returns for the different assessment activities.

 

ATTENDANCE AND ASSESSMENT

The course has a face-to-face character.

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Specific dates for the specific assessment activities for students takingpart in continuous assessment:

• The student can take the two opportunities to pass the CMF, and the retake test until the required mark of 7/10 is achieved. The dates have been defined above (see test of fundamental mathematical knowledge as a requirement for assessment).

• Follow-up deliveries of the blocks will be made one week after closing the block, as established above (typology and weight of the evaluation activities).

   

   

• The dates set for the final test, the CMF make-up test and the make-up test are those established for all students enrolled in the course.

SINGLE ASSESSMENT

Students who take the single assessment must follow the development of the subject, attending classregularly. However, they WILL NOT SUBMIT THE FOLLOW-UP ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE BLOCK UNTIL THE SAME DAY OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT. For this reason, they WILL NOT HAVE A RETURN of the individualised follow-up assessment activities of the blocks during the course of the subject. In any case, they will be able to access the general feedback, either that which is done during the feedback sessions for the whole class group or that which may be published on the virtual campus for the whole group.

The date of collection of the assessment evidence and the requirement for a validation test of the evidence collected is specific to students who take the single assessment. The teaching team of the subject considers it necessary to carry out a validation test of the collected evidences because the students will have had access to the process of returning the activities and the project and the corrected evidences of their classmates.

The date for the delivery for the evaluation of the blocks and for the tests for their validation and the test of the block of numbers and proportionality is the same established for the final exam, 16/06/2026 or 18/06/2026 depending on the day of the week that the group has teaching of this subject.

Therefore, on 16/06/2026 or 18/06/2026, as appropriate, students taking the single assessment must:

-          Take the same final test at the same time as the rest of the students in the course.

-          Take an individual written test to evaluate the follow-up of the block of numbers and proportionality.

-          Hand in the evaluation activities of the geometry and measurement block and take their validation tests.

Students with a mark of 3.5 or more but less than 5 can take a recovery test, which will be the same for allstudents of the subject and will be held on the same day (on 30/06/2026 or 02/07/2026 as appropriate). Therefore, it is essential that students taking a single assessment reserve the FULL DAY of the final assessment, 30/06/2026 or 02/07/2026 as appropriate, in order to have time to carry out all the tests that will constitute the evidence of their assessment.

Likewise, students with a single evaluation who must make up the CMF will do so on the same day (23/06/2026 or 25/06/2026 depending on the day they have the course) under the same conditions as the rest of the students enrolled in the course.

The grade for the geometry and measurement and data organisation blocks will be that of the corresponding validation test. The weighting of the assessment of the different blocks and of the final exam (or, if applicable, the recovery) and the calculation of the final mark for the course are the same for all students on the course, even if they have taken a single assessment. The other specific assessment considerations also apply to both continuous assessment and single assessment students.

 

ATTENTION NOTE FOR STUDENTS WHO DID NOT PASS THE COURSE IN PREVIOUS ACADEMIC YEARS

From the academic year 2023-24, there is NO SYNTHESIS EXAMINATION for this subject.

Therefore, those enrolling for thesecond time will be able to choose between continuous assessment or single assessment. In both cases, the conditions regarding attendance will be the same as for the rest of the students enrolled in the subject. Therefore, we recommend that students repeating the subject ensure that they are available in time to follow it regularly, if necessary, avoiding enrolling in other subjects of other courses that are taught on the same day in the same time slot.

NOTE: In order to pass this subject, it is necessary to show a good general communicative competence, both orally and in writing, and a good command of the vehicular language or languages listed in the teaching guide. In all activities (individual and group), linguistic correctness, writing and formal aspects of presentation will therefore be taken into account. It is necessary to be able to express oneself fluently and correctly and to show a high degree of understanding of academic texts. An activity may be returned (not assessed) or failed if it is deemed not to meet these requirements.