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Use unit content as contained in academic research and journal articles to support assertions, provide a rationale for pedagogical choices and evidence critical reflection on the end-to-end teaching and learning assessment process described below.

Description

Assessment 2 – Assessment Task

This assessment requires you to:

1. Create / Design your own assessment task;

2. Create / Design a corresponding rubric; and

3. Use unit content as contained in academic research and journal articles to support assertions, provide a rationale for pedagogical choices and evidence critical reflection on the end-to-end teaching and learning assessment process described below.

Word count: 2,000 words (+/- 10%). This includes all text in the body of the assessment (headings, intext citations, captions and direct quotes). It excludes the Reference List, cover page, contents page and appendices.

Note: For this assessment, your marker will stop reading when the maximum word count is reached and only award marks on the material read.

Teaching and Learning Assessment Process:

identify a primary year level, learning area/subject and curriculum Content Descriptor from the Australian Curriculum (or State curriculum);

create / design a relevant assessment task linked to the selected Content Descriptor (and Elaborations if relevant);

create / design a rubric aligned with the task and learning outcomes;

conduct the assessment with a primary school-aged child (consent must be obtained, unless on Professional Experience with Mentor Teacher / school approval);

mark and moderate the assessment task using the rubric;

provide constructive feedback to the participant;

write a formal report comment suitable for parents/carers;

reflect on the effectiveness of the teaching and assessment process in terms of feedback, teaching, learning (for the child/ren and you as the teacher);

reflect on the moderation process that occurred;

recommend the next steps you would take for teaching the participant (or class) in that learning area/subject (what are the child/ren’s next steps?); and

integrate academic research and journal articles, correctly referenced using APA 7th edition, to justify choices, evidence a critical approach and analysis of the teaching and learning assessment process.