Step 3: Linking the targeted outcomes and the assessment program

Step 3: Linking the targeted outcomes and the assessment program

Assessment of learning outcomes is an integral part of the teaching and learning process.

Assessment of targeted outcomes occurs after they are addressed through teaching and learning strategies.

Outcomes do not need to be assessed every time they are targeted for teaching and learning.

Well-designed assessment tasks can effectively assess more than one outcome.

All outcomes (excluding those explicitly addressing values and attitudes) are assessed as part of the assessment program.

	Course Time Case Studies 50% Historical Investigation 20%			Course time 30%
T O P I C S	The Civil Rights Movement in the USA in the 1950s and 1960s	The Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty	Nuclear Testing in the Pacific	The World at the Beginning of the 20th Century
Time: hours (approx.) Terms 1, 2, 3	24 hours	24 hours	36 hours	36 hours
Assessment Tasks OUTCOMES A student develops the skill to:	Research and essay	Source analysis	Research and oral presentation	Examination items: all topics
P1.1 describe the role of key individuals, groups and events of selected studies from the eighteenth century to the present	T	T		T
P1.2 investigate and explain the key features and issues of selected studies from the eighteenth century to the present			T	T
P2.1 identify forces and ideas and explain their significance in contributing to change and continuity from the eighteenth century to the present	T	T		T
P3.1 ask relevant historical questions		T	T	T
P3.2 locate, select and organise relevant information from different types of sources	T	T	T	T
P3.3 comprehend and analyse sources for their usefulness and reliability		T		T
P3.4 identify and account for differing perspectives and interpretations of the past		T	T	T
P3.5 plan and present the findings of historical investigations, analysing and synthesising information from different types of sources	T	T	T	T
P4.1 use historical terms and concepts appropriately		T		T
P4.2 communicate a knowledge and understanding of historical features and issues, using appropriate and well-structured oral and written forms	T	T	T	T