2.5 Programmatic assessment

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.

- Albert Einstein

PROGRAMME BASED ASSESSMENT

PAUL JENNINGSJULIA OSGERBYALISON TINSLEY

WHAT IS PROGRAMME BASED ASSESSMENT?

Assessment of student learning specifically designed to address key programme learning outcomes

Integrative in nature: assessing the knowledge, understanding and skills that represent key programme aims

Demonstrate the ability to extract and/or analyse data from multiple sources

Calculate from financial and other data the amounts to be included in an entity’s financial statements according to IFRS

educational operational

educational operational

educational operational

pedagogy efficiency gains

educational operational

pedagogy graduate skills

efficiency gains

educational operational

pedagogy graduate skills

efficiency gains

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PROBLEM MEET SOLUTION

educational operational

pedagogy graduate skills

efficiency gains

CONSTRAINTS

HARDexternally imposed

conditions

INTERNALinstitutional policies and

practices

SOFTenvironmental

preferences and habits

CONSTRAINTS

3 HOUR EXAM

20 CREDITS

INFORMATION

5 – 10 PAGES OF INFORMATION

AVAILABLE 24 HOURS BEFORE THE EXAM

REQUIREMENTS

6 STRUCTURED REQUIREMENTS

SPEND ABOUT 30 MINUTES ON EACH

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PROFESSIONAL UNDERSTANDING

(50%)

TECHNICAL ACCOUNTIN

G KNOWLEDG

E(30%)

BUSINESS UNDER-

STANDING(10%)

ETHICAL AWARENES

S(10%)

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS (50%)

USE OF KNOWLEDGE AND DATA

(20%)

ANALYSIS (20%)

EVALUATION (10%)

HOW ARE ANSWERS MARKED?

Each answer is marked based on the AOC which are relevant to that answer.

The marks awarded in each AOC are weighted to calculate a total mark.

A factor is applied to convert the total mark to the final mark.

HOW ARE ANSWERS MARKED?

Make it worthwhile

Keep it easy