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ARCOTS access
The ARCOTS test materials are available to users of the book at http://www.book.arc-alp.com/userregistration.php. You will need to register using the password instructions below.
The password can be found in your book using the following clue: the sixth word on the first line of text under the heading ‘Check your progress’ on page 111 (chapter 5).
Enter the password into the 'Access code' field on the registration page.
Please note that access to ARCOTS test materials is valid for six months from the time of registration, and is limited to test a class of 30 students.
Weblinks
Chapter 1 – Assessment as the search for evidence of learning
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What is assessment?
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On the shoulders of giants: Shifting sands in the field of assessment
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Leading voices – Prof John Hattie and Prof Patrick Griffin
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Patrick Griffin, Becoming an expert classroom practitioner
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‘Why you can pass tests and still fail in the real world’ by Eric Mazur, Harvard University
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Eric Mazur & peer instruction
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Eric Mazur – Assessment: The silent killer of learning
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What if students don't watch the videos? – FAQ – Katie Gimbar's Flipped Classroom
(YouTube, Lodge McCammon)
Chapter 2 – Collaborative teaching teams
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Leadership and effective collaboration
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Collaboration – affect/possibility: Ken Blanchard TEDxSanDiego
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The power of collaboration: Dr. Shelle VanEtten de Sánchez at TEDxABQWomen
(YouTube, TEDx Talks)
Chapter 3 – Competence assessment: A clinical approach
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The key principles of assessing key competences
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Competency-based education: Engaging students and personalizing learning
(YouTube, ExcelinEd) - Walton, J. (2017) ‘Competency-based education: Definitions and difference makers’. Getting Smart, 12 December.
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Competency based education | Learning beyond letter grades
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Lessons from a competency-based education experiment
(YouTube, Chronicle of Higher Education)
Chapter 4 – Conducting assessments: Making sure the evidence of learning is interpretable
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What are the 4Cs?
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Competency-based education: Focusing on learning, competency, and mastery
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SOLO taxonomy: Student questioning framework for inquiry
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How to EXPLAIN EFFECTS using a SOLO taxonomy map – HookED
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How to make connections using SOLO taxonomy HEXAGONS – HookED
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Hexagon learning 1 – CV system
(YouTube, petutor)
Chapter 5 – Judgement-based assessment
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Judgement based assessment and portfolios
(Prezi presentation, sydney ustich) - Educational Innovation (2016). ‘Assessment and professional judgement – 53 powerful ideas all teachers should know about’. The University of Sydney, 15 April.
- Bateman, A. & Griffin, P. (2003). ‘The appropriateness of professional judgement to determine performance rubrics in a graded competency based assessment framework’. AARE Conference Paper.
Chapter 6 – Writing rubrics
- Walton, J. (2017). ‘Competency-based education: Definitions and difference makers’. Getting Smart, 12 December.
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How to create a rubric for grading student work
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Using rubrics for assessment
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What is assessment?
(YouTube, ISU Writing Program)
Chapter 7 – Self-regulated learning
- Effeney, G., Carroll, A. & Bahr, N. (2013). ‘Self-regulated learning: Key strategies and their sources in a sample of adolescent males’. Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 13, pp. 58–74.
- Panadero, E. (2017). ‘A Review of self-regulated learning: Six models and four directions for research’. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, p. 422.
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Self-regulated learning
(YouTube, Lorraine Edwards)
Chapter 8 – Building a development progression
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Creating learning progressions
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Butterfly swimming progression drills
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Development continuum
(YouTube, Beechen Cliff Geography) - ‘Stages of literacy development’. The Literacy Bug.
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Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset
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Zone of proximal development
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Vygotsky's learning theory
(YouTube, Izzy)
Chapter 9 – Guttman Analysis
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Patrick Griffin on Guttman charts
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Guttman chart tutorial
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Guttman charts on Mac Excel
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Reflections on the Guttman chart
(Prezi presentation, Andrew MacLean)
Chapter 10 – Interpreting data to evaluate growth
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Ann D Clark Lecture 2015 – ‘Time for a seismic shift in systemic assessments’.
Patrick Griffin, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of
Melbourne.
(YouTube, catholicedparra)
Chapter 12 – Case Study: Wilderness School, Adelaide, South Australia
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The Irish experience of assessing mathematics Using a competence-based approach
(YouTube, EUN Academy) - Earp, J. (2015). ‘Raising the bar’. Teacher, 14 December.