Unit name | Assessment in School Mathematics |
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Unit code | EDUCM5302 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Professor. Alf Coles |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Education |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit considers the relationship between teaching and assessment in school mathematics and examines critically recent and current developments in mathematics assessment .It will consider the benefits and costs of various methods of assessment in school mathematics and study the role of assessment in mathematics in the National Curriculum of the UK and within other school mathematics cultures. The key issues in assessment as a formative tool to support learning will be examined.
Aims:
After taking this unit, the student should:
Sessions will be of two types: those involving activities using reading and other source material to examine key current issues in the assessment of mathematics and those in which course participants lead seminars on topic of their choice. These will be guided by discussion between participants and the course tutor. A tutorial is offered for discussion of the assignment.
The needs of a wide range of students, including those with disabilities, international students and those from ethnic minority backgrounds have been considered. It is not anticipated that the teaching and assessment methods used will cause disadvantage to any person taking the unit. The Graduate School of Education is happy to address individual support requests as necessary.
Course participants will lead a seminar and then submit a written account, of 3000 words, of their research topic. This will be informed by discussion during the seminar and wider reading. There will therefore be opportunities for formative assessment, modelling ideas presented in the unit’s content.
Black, P (1998) Testing: Friend or Foe? London: Falmer
Black, P, Harrison, C, Lee, C, Marshall, B, Wiliam, D (2003) Assessment for Learning: Putting it into Practice Maidenhead: OUP
Weeden, P, Winter, J and Broadfoot, P (2002) Assessment: What’s in it for schools? London: RoutledgeFalmer
Assessment in Education (journal)
For the Learning of Mathematics (journal)
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education (journal)