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Assessments For Competency Based Education
Assessments For Competency Based Education
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Assignment
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Lab 1
Lab 2
Test
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Different trainees will be better at different types of assessments and it helps that they
have more than one chance to demonstrate their competence in different ways.
From the trainees point of view, they can also benefit from a matrix showing what they
have achieved and what they still need to learn. For instance:
Unit standard 11111
Date
achieved
Date
achieved
Date
achieved
1.1
1.1
1.1
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competency and then judge if the trainee is competent within that range.
Competency does not mean expert. It means that the candidate has attained sufficient
skill and knowledge to perform the activity or service to a degree and quality that is
acceptable to the industry and the customer in a time within which a competent person at
the level could reasonably be expected to perform the task.
Quality Assessment
The quality of assessment directly correlates to the quality of learning. If there are clear
learning objectives that are reflected in the assessment material then the student has a
clear understanding of what they have to learn to what depth they have to understand
what they are learning and how they are expected to demonstrate their knowledge and
understanding.
Indeed, the backwash effects of assessment arguably determine what is learned
more than do formal curricula and teaching methods themselves.
Biggs 1996 p2
References
Biggs, J 1996 Assessing learning quality: Reconciling institutional, staff and educational
demands, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education; Mar1996, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p5,
11p
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