Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

General Guide for the Development of the Practical Component of the Course:
Testing and Evaluation in ELT, Code 518023

1. General Information of the Practical Component

Learning strategy: Inquiry - Based on Learning

Course type: Methodological
Evaluation moment: Intermediate
Highest score of the component: 130 points
Number of activities of the practical component registered in this guide: 4
With the development of this component students are expected to achieve
the following learning outcomes:
Design diverse tests using technological tools tailored to the specific educational
requirements of children, adolescents, and adults according to the context.

2. General Activity Description of the Practical Component.

Scenarios of the practical component: In situ (practice)

Activity type: Individual
Activity number: 2
Highest score of the activity: 130 points
The activity starts on: Thursday, The activity ends on: Monday, March 18,
February 22, 2024 2024
The resources required for the development of this activity are the
following:
▪ Virtual campus
▪ Technological tool for test design
▪ Forms of the traceability of pedagogical and educational practice.
▪ Classrooms or scenarios for the application of the designed tests.
The activity consists of:

Read the following information:

• The forms for this phase of the practical component can be found in Unit 1,
Phase 2 - Practical component - Educational and Pedagogical Practice.
• Students should review the required forms for their immersion practice and
complete them as requested by their tutor.

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• It is essential to conscientiously fill out the suggested forms in each phase in
order to obtain the teacher's approval.
• Format 7-6-12 (Attendance Form for Practical Site) should be physically signed
by the supervising teacher at the educational institution or the assigned virtual
strategy and submitted as PDF files when requested by the tutor.

1. Participation in Web conference

Students are required to attend the first web conference of the course. They
should either take a snapshot of their participation or watch the recording and
provide a summary to be posted in the forum.

ESAPEC Strategy

• The students are required to attend the ESAPEC strategy mandatory; the
schedule for ESAPEC Strategy will be announced in the course news forum and
sent through the course internal mail.

Note: All meetings will be conducted using a technological tool.

2. Diagnostic Test Design.

• The student is required to design one standardized test tailored to the assigned
student community, which can include children, adolescents, or adults.

• The test should be a diagnosis test consisting of a reading comprehension

activity with 10 follow-up questions, including: 2 multiple-choice questions, 2
fill-in-the-gaps questions, 2 matching questions, 2 True or False questions, and
2 open-ended questions.

• This test should be applied at the beginning of the practical component with the
students.

• The standardized test should be designed using a technological tool that

enables the creation of all the required question types.

• If the test cannot be administered using technological tools, the student should
make the necessary adjustments to ensure it can be conducted on paper.

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 • The student should diligently analyze the obtained results and provide
constructive feedback to their peers in a meaningful and effective manner.

3. Lesson plan.

Prepare a comprehensive lesson plan that includes all the content, tools, and
activities to be utilized in one of the classes to be conducted by the student
during Phase 2 of the practical component.

4. Teaching journal (Diario de Campo) analyzing the class conducted by the

student.
The student must rely on the accompanying teacher to complete the Teaching
journal.

You will receive a link where you will upload the following information:

DOCUMENTOS ADMINISTRATIVOS

Carta de Presentación

ARL Certificate

1. F-7-6-20 Work Plan (Please include only the dates of the activities, the work
plan must be delivered fully completed within 48 hours of the course.

2. F-7-6-12 Practicum Site Attendance Form. This form should be submitted with
the practice hours completed during the phase 2 and must be physically signed
by the supervising teacher at the institution or the virtual strategy UNAD
teacher assigned to the student.

Take into account each of the guidelines given for completing the forms.
Spoofing of signatures and plagiarism lead to disciplinary action and may result
in the loss of the course.
For Phase 2, the student must complete a total of 12 hours divided as follows:
8 Hours
• Application diagnostic test to
students at the Institutions.
• Teacher support at the institution

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 • Designing diagnostic test 2 Hours
• ESAPEC Strategy Participation 2 Hours
TOTAL 12 Hours

For the development of the practical component consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

• Refer to the Course Agenda to effectively manage your time.
• Thoroughly review all available forums.
• Confirm the dates for the First Web Conference and ESAPEC Learning Strategy
to plan your participation accordingly.
• Verify the synchronous availability of your tutors via Teams.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

• Familiarize yourself with the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for
Unit 1.
• Access the discussion forum for the phase and acquaint yourself with your
collaborative group.
• Actively participate in the forum to receive feedback from your fellow e-mates
and tutor.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

For the final submission, please send a Zip file labeled as follows: “Phase 2_test
designed_Name of the student”
Evidences of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:
A ZIP format, each document must come individually to be able to download it
▪ Lesson plan
▪ Teaching journal
▪ PDF with the diagnosis test designed (include the link of the test and paper
version). Include the analysis of the results either qualitatively or
quantitatively. Name it: “Phase 2_test designed_Name of the student”
▪ F-7-6-20 Complete Work plan
▪ Presentation letter

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 ▪ ARL certification
▪ F-7-6-12 Practicum site attendance form
▪ Evidences of the application of the test at the institution and teaching support.

Evidences of collaborative work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

3. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences

For Individual evidence, consider the following:

• Check all the references before starting the activity.
• Be sure to revise content, structure and mechanics in everything you post in
the forums and/or sent for evaluation.
• Before submitting the requested product, student should check that it meets
all the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.
Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must
comply with APA style.
In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism.
You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found on the virtual
campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it
includes citations where there is no match between these and the reference and
paragraph f) To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13
de diciembre de 2013, artículo 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

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4. Evaluation Rubric Template

Activity type: Individual

Activity number: 2
Evaluation moment: Intermediate
The highest score possible is 130 points
Criteria Performance levels
First evaluation High level: The student actively participated in the ESAPEC
criterion: strategy, receiving relevant information about the academic
process of the course.
ESAPEC Strategy If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points
Participation. and 25 points.

This criterion Average level: The student does not actively participate in the
represents 25 ESAPEC strategy, where relevant information was given about
points of the total the academic process of the course.
of 130 points of
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
and 19 points.

Low level: The student did not attend the ESAPEC strategy,
where relevant information was given to his/her course practice
process.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points

and 9 points.
Second evaluation High level: The Student designs complete diagnostic test for
criterion: their group(s) for face-to-face and virtual environments using
Diagnostic test the required information and applied it to students.
designed and If your work is at this level, you can get between 40 points
applied. and 50 points
This criterion
Average level: The student partially designs the diagnostic test
represents 50
to be applied to students according to instructions given in the
points of the total
activity guide.
of 130 points of
the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points
and 39 points

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 Low level: The student hardly designs the diagnostic test using
the required information, or didn´t design it.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 19 points
Third evaluation High level: The student creates a comprehensive and precise
criterion: lesson plan for one of the sessions they will be conducting.

Create a complete If your work is at this level, you can get between 25 points
the lesson plan and 30 points

Average level: The student partially creates a comprehensive

This criterion
and precise lesson plan for one of the sessions he/she will be
represents 30
conducting.
points of the total
of 130 points of
If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points
the activity.
and 24 points.

Low level: The student hardly creates a lesson plan, or did not
create a comprehensive and precise lesson plan for one of the
sessions he/she will be conducting.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 11 points
Fourth evaluation High level: The student completed all the pedagogical
criterion: practices traceability forms required in phase 2

Require immersion If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
practicum forms. and 20 points

Average level: The student partially completes all the forms

This criterion required for phase 2
represents 20
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
of 130 points of and 14 points
the activity.
Low level: The student hardly completes all the forms
required for phase 2, or didn´t send them.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 9 points
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Fifth evaluation High level: The document meets the criteria for presentation
criterion: and references according to APA standards.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4
Presents a PDF file
points and 5 points
according to APA
standards. Average level: The document partially meets the criteria for
presentation and references according to APA standards.
This criterion
represents 5
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 2
of 130 points of points and 3 points
the activity. Low level: The document does not meet the criteria for
presentation and references according to APA standards.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 1 point