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One semester credit hour of lecture/tutorial is defined to reflect on their learning experience, to adjust their • Reports • to provide students with feedback on their
as 70 minutes per week for 13 weeks. One credit hour learning strategies and skills, and to identify where • Presentations performance and how it can be improved. Effective
of laboratory is defined as 140 minutes per week for they need help. feedback should be provided in a timely and
13 weeks. Customarily, weekly quizzes and mid-term • Essays constructive manner and includes both comments
examinations are included in the 13 week semester, with • Faculty receive feedback which helps them to reflect • Papers and grades.
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final examinations occurring in a special 14 week set on their instructional strategies, to make necessary
aside just for these exams. adjustments, to track student progress, and to identify • Case studies Late Submission Coursework
which students need extra help.
Some courses may be offered in a time-shortened period, • Exhibitions The due date for each class assignment or project should
often called a term, such as a summer term or Winter term, Assessment Types • Portfolios be clearly indicated to the students in the course outline.
which nonetheless offers class contact time and out-of- • Self-assessment
class assignments equivalent to a semester course. There are three major types of assessment: diagnostic, Assignments received more than two weeks after the due
summative and formative. • Capstone course or graduation project date should not be accepted.
Student Record Confidentiality • Diagnostic assessment is usually conducted at the • Performance through observing and judging 1. Submission dates may be extended in exceptional
beginning of the semester and is used to identify student circumstances. The College or Instructor may use their
The Student record is defined as any paper-base or online strengths and weaknesses. It provides information that Roles and Responsibilities discretion in approving such requests. Submission of
documentation that contains information directly related can help both students and instructors to build on the the coursework should not normally exceed the last
to the student, such as academic evaluations, transcripts, strengths and remedy the weaknesses. The task of achieving excellence in assessment requires day of classes.
collaboration among four parties: the Manager of the Center
test scores and other academic records, counseling and • Summative assessment, on the other hand, is usually 2. Assignments or projects can be turned in any time up
advising records, disciplinary records, and financial aid carried out at the end of the semester and is used for Faculty Development, College Deans, Department to two weeks after the due date will be graded, but a
Chairs/Program Directors, Faculty and Students.
records. Academic and non-academic student information penalty may be applied.
is confidential and is protected against release to anyone to determine the extent to which the students have 1. The role of the Director of the Center for Faculty
achieved the course learning objectives or outcomes
except the student, the guardian, the sponsor and/or (grading function). It helps instructors make decisions Development is to plan faculty development activities on a. Assignments submitted at any time up to one
otherwise specified by the Student Release of Information and judgments for purposes of student promotion and/or student assessment, such as workshops and seminars. week after the due date should have the grade
Form. awarded reduced by 2% for each calendar
graduation. Final exams and projects, among other forms, 2. The role of the College Dean is: day the assignment is late.
Student Assessment and Late serve this purpose. • to ensure that colleges have their own discipline- b. Assignments submitted more than one week but
Coursework Guidelines • Formative assessment, in contrast to summative specific assessment guidelines and procedures not more than two weeks after the due date
should have the grade reduced by 5% for each
assessment, is conducted throughout the semester and
that are consistent with ADU Student Assessment
is used to enhance the learning and teaching process. guidelines; calendar day the assignment is late.
ADU believes that quality assessment should both Information provided by this ongoing assessment helps
document student success (assessment of learning) and students improve their study skills, learning strategies and • to ensure that these guidelines and procedures are
help students improve and learn better through provision achievement, thus support ongoing student progress, and periodically reviewed; and Student Archives
of timely feedback on their performance (assessment for helps instructors diagnose and respond to student needs
learning) and how to improve it. Moreover, faculty should • to ensure that departments use assessment results The final course result at the end of the semester will
develop assessment methods and tasks that serve both (development and improvement function). for program improvement. remain in Abu Dhabi University’s records in perpetuity. The
purposes of assessments and target knowledge mastery 3. The role of the department chair/program director/ Office of the Registrar will be responsible for maintaining
as well as higher order thinking skills and abilities. In sum, Assessment Methods coordinator is: appropriate storage. Deans, Chairs of Departments and
excellence in assessment is integral to achieving excellence Accurate and sound assessment requires that a variety faculty will have read-only access to these records.
in teaching and learning, which is in harmony with ADU of appropriate assessment methods be used and aligned • to collaborate with faculty members in developing Back up files will be updated regularly, with another set of
vision and mission. with the intended learning outcomes. There are generally assessment guidelines and procedures that are files stored in an external and secure location in fire proof
Definition two main assessment methods: traditional and alternative/ • appropriate to their major fields; cabinets.
authentic. The former includes tools such as paper-and-
to ensure that faculty members implement these
Assessment is the gathering of evidence of student pencil tests and exams while the latter includes tools similar guidelines and procedures; Academic Standing
learning and achievement to guide instructional decisions to performance tasks, essays, presentations, projects,
and aid student learning. practical work, case studies, reports, portfolios. The choice • to ensure that faculty members inform students If the student’s CGPA drops below 2.0 after completing at
among these tools depends on the discipline, the nature of assessment criteria; least 30 credit hours, he/she will be placed on academic
Purposes of Assessment of the individual course as well as the intended learning probation in the following semesters until the student’s
outcomes. • to review assessment methods and criteria; and CGPA improves to 2.0 or higher. As long as the student
Assessment serves multiple purposes. It provides feedback • to ensure that assessment results are used for
to the two main immediate users of assessment information The following are the assessment tools that ADU faculty continuous improvement of learning and instruction remains on probation, he or she will be limited to 12 credit
or results: students and faculty. members can choose from in assessing their student hours in course credits per semester. Any student who is
performance and achievement: 4. The role of faculty members is: under academic probation is allowed to change major only
• Students receive relevant feedback on their once.
performance and how to improve it, and instructors • Tests and exams • to inform students at the beginning of the semester of
receive feedback on their strategies of instructional • Assignments/homework the assessment methods and criteria that will be used If at the end of the Spring semester in the following
delivery. Moreover, assessment results help students in assessing their performance and achievement; academic year the student’s CGPA remains below 2.0,
• Projects

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