Classroom Communication
Assessment Literacy
Assessment Requirements
Making Judgements
Feedback and Reporting
100

What is Classroom Communication?

Effective pedagogy and assessment involve two-way communication with students on their learning, and a range of skills and techniques can assist teachers in improving their classroom communication.

100

What are the 4 components of the Assessment Literacy Module?

Principles and Practices of Assessment, Purposes of Assessment, Type of Assessment, Cognitive Verbs.
100

What are the 2 Components from the module of Assessment Requirements?

Ethical and Legal Implications of Assessment, Moderation.

100

What is another word for Criteria Sheet?

Rubric.

100

What is the Purpose of Feedback?

The purpose of feedback is to provide meaningful information about a student’s strengths and areas for improvement to support them to progress towards their learning goals.

200

What are the 8 types of Classroom Communication?

Positive Reinforcement, Clear and Concise Instruction, Open-ended Questions, Non-verbal Communication, Probing Questions, Active Listening, Paraphrasing, Metacommunication.

200

What are 3 Principles and Practices of Assessment?

Validity, Reliability, Sufficiency, Accessibility, Transparency, Informative, Evidence-based, Ongoing, Aligned, Authenticity, Flexibility, Formative assessment, Summative assessment.

200

What are the two focuses of School Assessment Policies?

Academic Integrity, Quality Assurance.
200

Standards Elaborations can be used to?

Align curriculum, assessment and reporting, 

Develop task-specific standards (marking guides), 

Make consistent, comparable and defensible judgments on a five-point scale based on evidence of learning in an individual assessment or a folio of student work.

200
What are the 7 characteristics of effective feedback?

ongoing, 

individualised, 

specific to the teaching, learning and assessment related to the standards/descriptions, 

clear, and in language that is readily interpreted by the intended audiences, 

timely so that students can act on it and adjust their learning, 

collaborative so that students, teachers and parents/carers all support and participate in the students’ learning, 

delivered to support the learner to reflect, act on the feedback and build their capacity for self-assessment.





300

What are some Active Learning Strategies?

Group work, Peer Instruction, Case studies, Flipped Classroom, Simulations.

300

What are the 3 Purposes of Assessment?

Assessment for Learning, Assessment as Learning, Assessment of Learning.
300

What are the 6 Ethical and Legal Implications of Assessment? 

Confidentiality and Privacy, Fairness and Equity, Validity and Reliability, Ethical Considerations, Legal Compliance, Accountability.

300

How do teachers judge student work?

Teachers judge the evidence in student work using task-specific standards that contribute to a planned assessment folio containing evidence of student learning.

300

What are the 3 purposes of reporting?

information about progress and achievement to parents/carers and students

summaries of the school’s achievements and progress for school communities

statewide and national statistical information and analyses to broader educational communities.

400

What is are the examples provided for Non-verbal Communication?

Eye Contact, Facial Expressions, Gestures, Body Language, Physical Proximity.

400

What are the 5 types of Assessment?

Knowledge-based, Practical, Performance-based, Self, Peer. 

400

What are the 6 factors of Ethical and Legal Implications of Assessment?

Confidentiality and privacy, Fairness and equity, Validity and reliability, Ethical considerations, Legal compliance, Accountability.

400

What is a Standards Elaboration regarding the Australian Curriculum?

The standards elaborations provide teachers with a tool for making consistent, comparable and defensible judgments about how well, on a five-point scale, students have demonstrated what they know, understand and can do.

400

What are the 6 characteristics of effective reporting?

aligned with the curriculum and assessment,

defensible, comparable and based on clearly defined achievement standards,

accurate,

individualised,

meaningful, in plain English so they are easy to interpret and understand.






500

How much do we remember of what what we say?

70%

500

What are the 2 levels categorising Cognitive Verbs?

Level of Consciousness, Level of Knowledge.

500

What 3 legal requirements must Educators comply with?

Australian Curriculum, Assessment, and Reporting Authority (ACARA) guidelines, Education and Training Reform Act 2006, and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.

500
What does QCAA recommend to determining students overall grade using Criterions?

On-balance judgement approach, looking at a pattern of student evidence.

500

What underpins the legal obligation of schools and teachers regarding reporting?

National Education Agreement (Australian Government 2015).