Designing assessments: Constructive alignment

5. Constructive alignment

The foundation of successful assessment is constructive alignment – the alignment of learning objectives, teaching activities, and assessment methods. Assessment should measure what is planned to be taught and what students are expected to achieve.

Element	Description
Learning outcomes	what the student should know and be able to do
Teaching activities	how the goal will be achieved
Assessment methods	how we know that the goal has been achieved

Example of constructive alignment

Learning outcome

Teaching method

Assessment task

Grading method

Student workload in ECTS credits

Prepare a development project proposal in accordance with the call documentation

Using the flipped classroom approach, develop the theoretical foundation on the basic elements of a project proposal.

Analysis of cases of similar successful and unsuccessful proposals.

Preparation of a project proposal according to the call documentation in a team of three students. The completed project proposal is submitted in Moodle, using the assessment tool with a rubric.

Using a rubric that follows the elements of project evaluation. Peer assessment is also possible.

1.5 ECTS (40 hours of student workload)

Evaluate a project proposal according to predefined criteria.

Analyse cases of successful and unsuccessful proposals. Participate in the development and quantification of project assessment elements.

Evaluate a project created by another team through peer assessment using the assessment tool in Moodle.

Check the alignment of scores between the students who assessed the project and the teacher who assessed the same project using the same rubric.

0.5 ECTS (15 hours of student workload)

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