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BEFORE: What is summative assessment?
What is summative assessment and what’s it for? Summative assessment is a type of assessment that happens at the end of a programme or unit of study. Often the focus is on achieving an outcome or determining the level of understanding. This might include a mark or grade against an expected standard. Sometimes, you might…
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BEFORE: Why is formative assessment so important?
Why are formative assessment and good feedback so important Formative assessment is super important. Here are at least three reasons why: It increases learner motivation. It helps people learn how to learn. It helps you to fine tune your learners’ progress. Let’s look at these… Do you remember our discussion about motivation in the first…
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BEFORE: What is formative assessment?
What is formative assessment and what’s it for? Formative assessment is a type of assessment that examines what a student knows and can do as they progress through a programme or unit of study. Formative assessment can include diagnostic testing. It can also include a range of informal or formal assessments depending on who the…
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BEFORE: What is diagnostic assessment?
What is diagnostic assessment and what’s it for? Diagnostic assessment is a type of assessment that examines what a student knows and can do before a learning programme or smaller unit of study begins. Because diagnostic assessment often happens at the beginning of a programme or unit of study sometimes you hear people call a…
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BEFORE: What are our tools and processes?
Coming up next, there are three areas to cover when we talk about the tools and processes we have to assess literacy and numeracy. Different kinds of assessments The Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Tool How to address environmental and affective factors Different kinds of assessments First, we need to talk about different kinds of…
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BEFORE you teach – LN Diagnostic Assessment
Kia ora and welcome…! Let’s pause for a very quick review. From here on you’ll need to be hands on with your learners in order to complete the coursework and assessments. But it’s good to reflect on what we’ve covered. So far in this course, you have: Learned about the context for adult literacy and…
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DEMANDS: NZCALNE (Voc) Collection 3 is live on Pathways Awarua
We’d love it if you stopped by and had a read through the new content for Collection 3 of the new NZCALNE on PathwaysAwarua. You’ll find a plain-English introduction to the Learning Progressions. This includes a demonstration of how to map the big picture literacy and numeracy demands of your programme, as well as specific…
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APPROACHES: NZCALNE (Voc) Collection 2 is live on Pathways Awarua
You need to check out the new content for Collection 2 of the new NZCALNE on PathwaysAwarua. We cover approaches and concepts use in adult teaching and learning. All the great content from Te Ao Maori is still there – just updated. And we’ve widened it to include things like motivation and learner agency. You’ll need…
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CONTEXT: NZCALNE (Voc) Collection 1 is live on Pathways Awarua
Please check out the new content for Collection 1 of the new NZCALNE on PathwaysAwarua. We cover definitions, frameworks, and factors associated with low literacy and numeracy levels. You’ll need to register as a new tertiary educator, or just log in if you already have an account. Look for the NZCALNE (Voc) pathway.
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Why should I beta-test the new NZCALNE online with Pathways Awarua and ALEC…?
What do I get out of it? Well… it’s a fair question. Here are some reasons why you might wanna have a look at the new NZCALNE online as a beta-tester. A beta-tester is someone who tries out a brand new product and provides feedback. One great reason might be that you are actually enrolled…