TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Eighth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) demonstrate an understanding of the relation between classroom-based assessment and learning 2) analyze various formative assessment tools and practices 3) develop various formative assessment tools
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	EĞİT320 Measurement and Evaluation in Education ELT301 Teaching English to Young Learners 1 ELT302 Teaching English to Young Learners2 ELT303 Teaching Language Skills 1 ELT304 Teaching Language Skills 2
COURSE DEFINITION	This course is designed to enable pre-service EFL teachers to develop an awareness of the essential and critical interface between assessment and teaching and learning. It aims to equip them with the necessary knowledge, skills, and critical perspectives of a wide range of assessment methods in general and classroom-based assessment specifically in order to function as language assessment literature teachers when they start their teaching careers. It is aimed that the prospective teachers will be able to perform their dual roles as language teachers and assessors effectively in the classroom being aware of the benefits of formative assessment to enhance learning. Therefore, it focuses on formal and informal assessment instruments in education and their properties; instruments based on traditional approaches: written exams, exams with short answers, true-false tests, multiple-choice tests, matching, oral exam as well as alternative assessment tools such as observation, interview, conferencing, performance assessment, portfolio, research papers, research projects, peer assessment, self-assessment along with scoring, grading, and providing feedback related to the exam scores.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to classroom-based assessment; Defining formative assessment and learning and their properties 2nd Week Formal vs. informal formative assessment; CEFR and formative assessment -1 3rd Week Formal vs. informal formative assessment; CEFR and formative assessment -2 4th Week Formal formative assessment practices to assess language skills 1: Traditional approaches: written exams that include short-answer questions, true-false item 5th Week Formal formative assessment practices to assess language skills 1: Traditional approaches: written exams that include s multiple-choice items, matching, and oral exams 6th Week Formal formative assessment analyses: analyzing samples of achievement tests 7th Week Formal formative assessment practices 2: Alternative assessment tools: portfolio, research projects, reflective journals 8th Week Formal formative assessment practices 2: Alternative assessment tools: conferencing, concept maps, presentation, peer and self assessment 9th Week Formal formative assessment analyses 2: analyzing samples of alternative assessment and Midterm Exam 10th Week Informal formative assessment practices 3: Classroom interaction and formative assessment 11th Week Rubric, scoring, grading 12th Week Providing feedback based on test results 13th Week Providing feedback based on test results 14th Week Student presentations (on the formative assessment tool they designed)
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Heritage, M. (2010). Formative assessment: Making it happen in the classroom. Corwin Press. Torrance, H., & Pryor, J. (1998). Investigating formative assessment: Teaching, learning and assessment in the classroom. McGraw-Hill Education (UK).
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Problem Solving,Practice,Project,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Assignment 5 30 Project 1 20 Other 1 10 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No