CertifQ

Are students required to communicate their own ideas regarding a concept or issue? Must their communication be supported with evidence and designed with a particular audience in mind? Does the learning activity require solving authentic problems? And if students’ solutions are implemented in the real...

It examines whether students are asked to produce multi-modal communication, and whether the communication is designed and disseminated with a particular audience in mind It examines whether students are involved in long-term communication, and whether they have to plan and assess the communication, and revise...

How strongly the learning activity offers opportunities to develop a given skill. How strong the learning activity is in terms of student engagement. How well a given skill is being taught in the learning activity. The degree to which the learning activity develops a given...

Are students required to construct and apply knowledge? Is that knowledge interdisciplinary? Are students required to construct knowledge, and make revisions based on feedback or self-assessment? Does the learning activity require solving authentic problems? And if students’ solutions are implemented in the real world? Are...

The quality of the students’ research as well as the quality of their thinking in relation to resistance was assessed as part of the final assessment of their spoken word poem The students analysed and evaluated a number of resistance spoken word poems, before synthesising...

In an activity where students are given the learning outcomes and assessment rubric during lesson 1. Then, students work out how they will carry out their project work for the next 6 lessons. In lesson 7, they present their work to the class. Code 1...

Consider the following activity: students investigate 2 or more online websites or games, and develop a presentation using Community Clips and Windows Movie Maker about Internet safety guidelines for parents and students to be aware of. Their product is handed in for a grade. Yes,...

Students design and execute a procedure for testing the qualities of the tap water at their school. They test the water and redesign the procedure iteratively until they have accurate data. Yes, because the students are working together to redesign the testing procedure Yes, because...

The teacher specifies a particular audience in the learning activity and the communication is created for that audience The communication is created for a particular audience and is seen by that audience The communication is published on the Internet which can be viewed by the...

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