Hi all
The third year Radiography students only write three tests during the year according to the blocks that they have finished in the Anatomy class. Because they only have three assessments, their formative assessment is high stakes instead of low stakes, taking into account that their year mark (made up by the three tests alone) counts 60% of their final mark.
Therefore there is a need to increase the amount of assessments to increase the learning that takes place by the students during the block. This will also help that students undertake a deep approach to learning all of the time and not just cramming when it comes to the tests. Also the third year students are required to identify structures on cross sections, CT and MRI scans and they only see these images that they have to know, once during the block just before they have to write their block test. They therefore do not have sufficient revision time with the materials in the cross-section training practicals.
My needs analysis is therefore to increase the amount of assessments in the year so that the students are not over assesssed but that their year mark counts out of more assessments that just the three block assessments during the year. At the same time students must be able to learn their cross sections.
I think the best medium where we can do this is through blogging or WIKISpace where i can post pictures of the cross sections where each student will have to answer the posted questions regarding the posted cross section. I still have the issue of how I will go about marking the activity of the students for marks or do they only get marks for active participation in the process?
Dear Petro,
ReplyDeleteThis sounds great!! You know i have also been thinking about how my students can be assessed and marked in my prototype as well. I hope that Mrs Keiller can help us on how to go about it. For now i only see my students' getting marks for active participation.
We all know now that assessment drives learning, so it makes sense that you're thinking of a prototype that will include assessment. I would suggest though that you look at an alternative instead of a wiki or blog. It seems you have a need for presenting an image and text and then having a quiz. There are various apps and websites out there that could help. One I came across recently is Blendspace.
ReplyDeleteBlendspace is a Google app that you can find in the Google app store. Perhaps you can look at that as an option.
I'll write a bit more about interesting or cool apps or websites on the main course blog in this week.