Literature review: Supporting teachers to assess F–10 Digital Technologies
This paper provides some examples and approaches to assessment for Digital Technologies, linking to resources and tools that teachers may adopt in the classroom or utilise in the design of assessment activities. The report provides advice about designing assessment activities and assessment approaches and strategies that includes programming assignments, artefact analysis,cognitive interviewing (think aloud), test questions, problem-based puzzle projects and rubrics.
Additional details
Content type | Assessment advice |
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Format | Document |
Keywords | Assessment tasks, Summative, Formative, Strategies, Approaches, Computational thinking, Reporting, Rubrics, Assessment tasks, Assessment |
Organisation | Computer Science Education Research (CSER) Group, The University of Adelaide |
Copyright | Education Services Australia, unless otherwise indicated. Unless otherwise indicated, this material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. |
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