Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Continuous Assessment
The Master’s in Secondary Education at UAB is delivered in face-to-face format, as classroom activities—together with attentive listening and active participation—are considered essential for learning.

To obtain a final average grade, students must achieve at least a mark of 4 in each of the assessed activities. Work not submitted by the established deadline and in the required format will receive a grade of 0.

Throughout each professor’s part of the module, additional tasks may be required. These are compulsory but will not necessarily be graded.

All assignments must be submitted via the virtual campus. Submissions sent through non-agreed channels, in incorrect formats, without the authors’ names, without reference to the topic, or submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

Biology Didactics (30% of the module grade)

• Individual task: During the course, all students will carry out a microteaching, i.e., a short classroom intervention where they act as teachers for the rest of the group and implement a didactic activity designed for the occasion. The microteaching itself is not graded, but completing it is a prerequisite for writing the subsequent reflection paper, which forms the basis of the individual assessment.

  • Submission: 15 days after the end of the module

  • Non-recoverable

  • Weight: 15%

• Design of a classroom activity focused on teaching a specific key concept. This activity must differ from the one used in the microteaching and from the unit taught during the practicum. Individual task.

  • Submission: 15 days after the end of the module

  • Recoverable

  • Weight: 15%

Geology Didactics (30% of the module grade)

• Individual task: Students will also complete a microteaching session, under the same conditions as in Biology Didactics (non-graded implementation, but required for the reflective paper).

  • Submission: 15 days after the end of the module

  • Non-recoverable

  • Weight: 15%

• Design of a classroom activity for teaching a specific key concept, different from the microteaching andthe practicum unit.

  • Submission: 15 days after the end of the module

  • Recoverable

  • Weight: 15%

History of Science (15% of the module grade)

• Submission of a short essay (600 words) on one of the sessions. Individual task.

  • Deadline: 28/11/2025

  • Recovery: students may submit a new 600-word essay on another session. To be eligible, the first essay must have been submitted. Maximum weight for recovery: 80%.

In-depth Study of the Biology and Geology Curriculum in the Baccalaureate (25% of the module grade)

• Completion of one exam-style activity (PAU format) for each discipline. The final grade will be the weighted average of the two tasks. Individual task.

  • Deadline: last day of class for each discipline

  • Recoverable in person on 28/05/2026

Non continuos  Assessment
Students who opt for single assessment must submit all the above tasks by 14/05/2026. On this date, they will also be required to complete the microteaching and the assessment activities related to the in-depth study of the Baccalaureate curriculum.

The single assessment covers the same aspects as continuous assessment.

Resits
Whether students follow continuous or single assessment, recoverable activities must be resubmitted within 15 days of receiving feedback, together with a document justifying the changes made. The maximum grade for resubmitted activities is 5/10.

Students who have submitted at least two-thirds of the tasks with a minimum average grade of 3.5 may resubmit failed tasks on 28/05/2026. On this date, they must also complete in-person resits of the microteaching and the Baccalaureate curriculum assessment.

The maximum grade for resit activities is 5/10.

Other Important Aspects

Language Accuracy
 To pass this course, students must demonstrate good overall communicative competence, both oral and written, and a solid command of the Catalan language.

In all activities (individual and group), language accuracy, writing quality, and formal presentation will be considered. Students must be able to express themselves fluently and correctly and demonstrate a high level of understanding of academic texts. An activity may be returned (not graded) or failed if the instructor considers it does not meet these requirements.

Not Assessable
 An activity will be considered Not Assessable if 2/3 of the assessment activities have not been submitted (proportional to the weight of the activity in the final grade).

Plagiarism
 According to UAB regulations, plagiarism or copying of any assignment, or the use of AI without acknowledgment, will be penalized with a grade of 0, with no possibility of resubmission. This applies to both individual and group work (in the latter case, all group members will receive a 0).

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies
 For this course, the use of AI technologies is allowed only for tasks explicitly authorized by the course instructor. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated with AI, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how they influenced both the process and the final outcome. Lack of transparency regarding AI use in an assessable activity will be considered academic dishonesty and will result in a total penalty (zero) for the activity.

Synthesis Exam

 This course does not allow a synthesis exam in the case of a second enrollment.