Task Description:

This assessment task will involve the use of Team-Based Learning (TBL) strategies, for three TBL activities spread evenly through the semester, taking place in weeks 1-3; weeks 4-6 and weeks 7-9, as per the Unit Schedule. You will be assigned to a group of 5-7 students. The three activities will each comprise 3 separate components, based around a reading which will be assigned on MyLO in the AT1 folder. You will be required to read this reading carefully and critically before each activity. The components of each activity will be:

An online comprehension quiz (on MyLO), of 10 multiple-choice questions based on the reading. These quizzes are known as an iRAT (Individual Readiness Assurance Test), and will be completed firstly by you individually (3% each quiz, x 3 quizzes = 9% total);

In your teams, you will revisit the questions from the iRAT, and see if collectively you can agree on correct responses, and improve your score from the iRAT. This will be conducted through the discussion posts and Collaborate online tutorial sessions [or Skype or Zoom or similar], and are known as a TRAT (Team Readiness Assurance Test). Each member of the team will gain the same mark here (2% per TRAT, x 3 quizzes = 6% total). These maybe conducted in the face-to-face tutorials if this is convenient for all students, as may the next Team Task.

Then, in your teams you will carry out a task (e.g. designing a learning activity; drawing a concept map), that reflects on the reading or the unit content from the respective weeks for the TBL activity. This will either be submitted as an answer in your team’s discussion posts, or through the MyLO submission process. Tasks will be a mixture of team responses (everyone in the team receives the same mark) and individual responses based on the teams collective work (You receive an individual mark). This will be described in the activity’s description on the AT1 MyLO site (3% each task, x 3 task = 9% total)
(Please note: the iRAT quiz will be automatically graded, the TRAT and Task will be marked by the lecturer).

Refer to the unit schedule for due dates.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.1, 1.2, 2.1

Date for first AT1 Quiz 1, other dates :
TRAT 1: 4-6pm, Tues 12/3 (tut)
Quiz 2: 3pm, Mon 8/4
TRAT 2: 4-6pm, Tues 9/3 (tut)
Quiz 3: 3pm, Mon 22/4
TRAT 3: 4-6pm, Tues 23/4 (tut)

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 3 (11/Mar/2024)

Weight:

24 %

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Task Description:

This task will make use of the online learning tool PeerWise (see https://peerwise.cs.auckland.ac.nz/). Login details will be provided on MyLO. You will use PeerWise to create and explain your understanding of course -related formative assessment questions, and to answer and discuss questions created by your peers.

Part One (18%)
In part one, you will research and design two multiple choice questions that would be useful for formative assessment of student learning, on a content area of your own selection, and submit these on PeerWise. The questions will be at the Year 6-10 level (your choice), chosen from any area of the mathematical content considered in this unit. For each question:
Please provide one best-answer and three distractor choices (i.e. a standard 4-option multiple choice question). An article explaining this process is provided in the AT2 folder on MyLO (Haynes & Crouch, 2005);
Ensure the question has a conceptual understanding element to it as discussed in Week 1 and Week 2 classes, i.e. not just a pure skills-based question.
Include a brief explanation/description in PeerWise (two to three sentences) ), with reference to the Australian Curriculum Mathematics, of the year level the question is intended for, the content and knowledge it is testing, and the context for the question, e.g. what lesson it might be used in, what it might be aiming to achieve, what decisions you made in the design of the question. This should refer to the curriculum year level and content descriptors and also consider the elaborations (maximum 300 words).

Part Two (18%)
For part two, you will try out other students’ questions. You may try as many as you wish, but you will be required to review three of these, and make an insightful comment on PeerWise about how you found the question, and how effective you feel the question would be for students’ learning. You will also be asked to reflect on others’ responses to your questions, and possibly make changes based on these or not, justifying your reasons with reference to the considerations and decisions you made in designing your question. More details about the nature of this feedback will be provided in the AT2 folder on MyLO

Note: All questions and responses are anonymous to other students and administrators. Only the Unit Coordinator can identify your work.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.2, 2.1, 5.1, 5.4

Part One due (18%) Mon 15/4

Part Two Due (18%) Mon 12/4 (note this is first day of prac, so should submit before)

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 7 (15/Apr/2024)

Weight:

36 %

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Task Description:

Weekly Discussion Posts and Reflection

Part One: Weekly Discussion Prompts

Part Two: Reflection on Discussion responses, against Unit ILOs.

Part One: 24% (2% each week)
Part Two: 16% (500 to 1000 words)

For Part One, you will be given a series of Discussion Board prompts which relate to each week’s activities (12 weeks). You will be asked to make a comment about your experiences in respect to the prompt for at least one activity each week, and also respond with a comment to at least one other students’ discussion post.

For Part Two, you will reflect on your own discussion posts over the semester, as well as those of your classmates to whom you have responded. In your reflections, you will consider how these have helped your learning in respect of the ILO’s for the unit, and your future teaching.

Your reflection should make explicit reference to the ILO’s, and draw from your own reflections.

If you use Generative AI (eg ChatGPT) in your reflection, you should include with you reflective piece any prompts you provided in generating your work, and also describe how you amended it to make sense. If you use any references for this piece of writing, you should write a brief sentence or paragraph describing why this reference is relevant or why you chose it to support your reflection


Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.2, 2.1, 3.2, 3.4, 5.1, 5.4

The due date is set for the end of week 11, because students will be on prac in week 12, 2024. However, a later submission can be negotiated with the UC, as long as it does not interfere with prac.

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 11 (17/May/2024)

Weight:

40 %

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