Literature review: Supporting teachers to assess F–10 Digital Technologies
This paper provides some examples and approaches to assessment for Digital Technologies, linking to resources and tools that teachers may adopt in the classroom or utilise in the design of assessment activities. The report provides advice about designing assessment activities and assessment approaches and strategies that includes programming assignments, artefact analysis,cognitive interviewing (think aloud), test questions, problem-based puzzle projects and rubrics.
Additional details
| Content type | Assessment advice |
|---|---|
| Format | Document |
| Keywords | Assessment tasks, Summative, Formative, Strategies, Approaches, Computational thinking, Reporting, Rubrics, Assessment tasks, Assessment |
| Organisation | Computer Science Education Research (CSER) Group, The University of Adelaide |
| Copyright | Education Services Australia, unless otherwise indicated. Unless otherwise indicated, this material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. |
Related resources
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Assessment for Digital Technologies (Oct 2018)
This webinar was presented by Martin Richards, Content Manager of the Digital Technologies Hub, and Rebecca Vivian, research fellow at Computer Science Education Research (CSER) group.
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Approaches to support assessment of the Digital Technologies curriculum (Sep 2017)
This webinar was presented by Rebecca Vivian from CSER.
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Integrating DT into other subject areas (April 2017)
This webinar was presented by Anna Kinnane, and targeted practical ways to integrate the areas of ‘Data representation’ and ‘Algorithms’ with subject areas such as Mathematics, English, and The Arts, where there is a natural fit.
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Checklist guide
This guide desribes how to use checklists to record information and to make judgements about what students know and can do in relation to the targeted Digital Technology outcomes.
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Checklist template
This template can be used for Digital Technologies related tasks that use a checklist to record student progress.