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5. Assessment
5.1 Assessment Summary
This is a summary of the assessment in the course. For detailed information on each assessment, see 5.2 Assessment Detail below. Assessment Task | Due Date | Weighting | Learning Objectives | Guided discussion with peers
Tutorial activities including oral presentation | 6 Feb 13 | 27% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | Test or quiz
Open book quiz | 20 Mar 13 | 10% | 1, 2, 6, 7 | Assignment - Research-based Assignment
Research project | 3 Apr 13 | 28% | 1, 3, 4, 7 | Exam - constructed response end of semester exam | Examination Period | 35% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
5.2 Assessment Detail
Tutorial activities including oral presentation
Type: Guided discussion with peers
Learning Objectives Assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Due Date: 6 Feb 13
Weight: 27%
Task Description:
Tutorial acrivites start in week 1. This is an ongoing assessment item that will be marked weekly. Students are expected to participate in weekly workshop activites (27 marks in total). One of these workshop activites involves a news report whereby students are required to find three news items that illustrate the theoretical perspectives discussed in modules 1 to 3. Students will provide an oral introduction to these items and submit a written report summarising their findings (15 marks). Other workshop activites require students to prepare answers to questions about case studies relevant to employment