Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

General Considerations

The master's degree in secondary education at the UAB is conducted in a face-to-face modality, as classroom activities and an attitude of active listening and participation are essential for learning. 

The detailed evaluation for each topic will be provided with the syllabus at the beginning of the course. 

Throughout the part of the course taught by each professor, complementary tasks may be requested, which may not necessarily be considered assessment tasks, but are obligatory to submit. 

Assignments must be submitted through the module's Moodle classroom. Assignments submitted in incorrect formats, those that do not include the authors' names (both in the body of the work and in the file name), or those submitted after the deadline will not be accepted. Students are responsible for ensuring that the file format is compatible with submission to the Moodle classroom. 

It is necessary to demonstrate an attitude compatible with the educational profession to pass this course. Active listening, respect, participation, cooperation, and punctuality will be valued. Ethical commitment to the deontological principles of the profession will also be taken into account.

Continuous Assessment Activities

Continuous assessment consists of the following tests and activities, according to each block of the course:

• Block 1. School Programming and Curriculum (3.5 credits, 40%)

• Preparation of a vertical planning scheme across courses and a horizontal scheme during a course for the distribution and progression of learning (10%).

• Conditions:

• Group activity.

• Non-retakeable activity.

• Submission: when two-thirds of the block's sessions have been completed.

• Weight: 10% of the course grade.

• Adaptation of a textbook unit (30%).

• Conditions:

• Individual classroom activity (test).

• Retakeable activity.

• Completion: the last class session of the block.

• Weight: 30% of the overall grade.

• Block 2. Classroom Observation and Interaction (3 credits, 30%)

• Co-observation or self-observation with evidence from a session or fragments of a taught class.

• Conditions:

• Pair or individual activity.

• Non-retakeable activity.

• Submission: two weeks before returning from the second practicum stay.

• Weight: 30% of the overall grade.

• Block 3. Sociolinguistic Bases for Language Teaching and Learning in Contexts of Linguistic Minorization (2 credits, 20%)

• Preparation of a linguistic autobiography (5%) and a didactic proposal according to the new curriculum for an ESO classroom and a reception classroom (15%).

• Conditions:

• Individual activity.

• Retakeable activity.

• Submission: fifteen days after the last session of this block.

• 20% of the course grade.

• Block 4. Introduction to Educational Research in Language and Literature Didactics (1.5 credits, 10%)

• Reading of two academic/theoretical articles, linked to aspects explored in the Didactic Sequence (SD), which will be chosen from a proposed list, and on which a guided reflective commentary of 800 to 1,500 words must be written.

• Conditions:

• Pair or individual activity, depending on the composition of the group for SD elaboration in the practicum.

• If the work is done individually, two articles will be read; if done in pairs, four will be read;

• the length remains the same.

• Non-retakeable activity.

• Submission: fifteen days after the last session of this block.

• Weight in evaluation: 10% of the course grade.

To average the grades, a minimum of 4 must be obtained in each of the activities scheduled for assessment (in the case of retakeable activities, once the retake has been completed). Works not submitted will receive a grade of 0. 

The results of submitted exercises and tests will be published on the virtual campus within a maximum of 20 working days following their submission. Students will have 5 days to request a review of the tests from the date of their publication.

Recoverable Activities

The following recoverable activity, consisting of an individual test, will take place on May 8th:

• Written test for adapting a textbook unit (Block 1).

Recoverable  written assignments (Block 3) that have been failed must be submitted 15 days after receiving the evaluation. The new activity must be accompanied by a document justifying the changes made.

In all cases, the maximum grade for the retake will be 5.

To be eligible for the retake, a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to at least two-thirds of the total course grade must have been submitted.

Unique Assessment

Students who opt for a unique assessment must submit all assignments described in the continuous assessment or take the individual tests on May 8th. 

The retake for single assessment students will be on May 29th (repetition of assignments or individual test). 

Students who choose the unique assessment option will not submit or receive formative or qualifying feedback on continuous assessment activities carried out during the course development process. Submission will be a single, concentrated event on one day.

Other Relevant Aspects

Linguistic Correction

To pass this course, students must demonstrate good general communicative competence, both orally and in writing, and a good command of the Catalan language, and the vehicular languages of instruction.

Therefore, in all activities (individual and group), linguistic correctness, writing, and formal presentation aspects will be taken into account. Students must be able to express themselves fluently and correctly and demonstrate a high degree of comprehension of academic texts. An activity may be returned (not assessed) or failed if the professor considers that it does not meet these requirements.

Not Assessable

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

Plagiarism

In accordance with UAB regulations, plagiarism or copying of any work, or the use of AI without proper citation, will be penalized with a grade of 0, thus losing the possibility of retaking it, whether it is an individual or group assignment (in this case, all group members will receive a 0).

If, during an individual in-class assignment, the professor considers that a student attempts to copy or is found with any unauthorized document or device, the activity will be graded with a 0, with no option for retake.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies

For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for tasks allowed by the course instructor. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used, and include a criticalreflection on how these have influenced the process and the final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered academic dishonesty and will result in a total penalty (zero) on the activity's grade.

Synthesis Test

This course does not allow a synthesis test for second registrations.

Final Course Grade

The following will be taken into account:

a) The weighted average, provided that a grade of 4 or higher has been obtained in all activities (after retakes have been completed).

b) Compliance with attendance criteria and active participation in class dynamics.

c) Submission of proposed tasks within the indicated deadline.

d) Absence of plagiarism in accordance with the indications mentioned in the preceding points.