Developing Student Identity Verified Assessment Tasks
Example Assessment Essay
Griffith University Graduate Certificate of Higher Education: Student Learning in Higher Education
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Title: Critical Response to Stimulus Statements
Type: Assignment - Written Assignment
Due Date: Week 6
Weight: 40%
Purpose of the Assessment:
The purpose of this assessment is to articulate an understanding of key ideas about student learning in higher education through critical responses to three stimulus statements.
Task Description:
- You will be asked to respond to three stimulus statements (see 4. Below) drawing upon the ideas and readings presented in the modules.
- Your response should:
- Indicate your judgement as to whether you agree or disagree with the statements
- Explain the ideas about learning that are related to your response to the three statements.
- Use evidence from learning theory and literature to support your judgement
- Support your judgement with examples from practice
- Each response will be approximately 400 words. You should submit 1200 words in total.
- You are to respond to the following three statements:
- “Once a surface learner always a surface learner”
- “The content knowledge that students bring to their university courses will determine how well they do in the course”
- “Active learning is only suitable for some students”
Criteria & Marking:
You should refer to Rubric 1 (access restricted to enrolled students) when planning your response to the statements.
Submission:
This assignment should be submitted via Turnitin.
Potential Areas for Plagiarism, Collusion and /or Ghost Writing:
Review the essay task. In what ways could students in this course plagiarise, collude or use ghost writers? Submit your ideas to:
Suggested Improvements:
In your groups you will be assigned a potential area for plagiarism, collusion and /or ghost writing.
Discuss and share ways to reduce the risk of cheating, a scribe will be assigned for your group to record these approaches.