Curriculum studies: assessing children's literacy development
BC GD PD BP
Subject value 1.0 * 2 hours per weekend school and 2 hours per vacation school * First semester * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: DipT or GradDipEd or BTeach
In this subject students will be assisted to recognise and assess characteristics of literacy growth in children to the stage of maturity. A wide range of modern assessment techniques will be discussed across the four major dimensions of language-learning - in the context of classroom, whole school and home. Students will develop and apply their own language assessment measures to obtain clear understandings of children's literacy development in a practical situation. Students will also evaluate the effectiveness of their own measures. The subject is taught by lectures, seminars and workshops.
Assessment
Two assignments of equal weighting
Prescribed texts
Bouffler C (ed.) Literacy evaluation: Issues and practicalities PETA, 1992
Clay M M The early detection of reading difficulties: A diagnostic survey with recovery procedures Heinemann, 1982
Derewianka B (ed.) Language assessment in primary classrooms HBJ, 1992
Fehring H Language assessment: Developing a literacy profile Reading Around Series No.2, May 1988
Ministry of Education and Training English profiles handbook Schools Programs Division, Victoria, 1991