Universiti Teknologi MARA

Faculty of Education
EDU555 CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES
1.

ARTICLE REVIEW (10%)

Written Review (5%) Note: Number of pages: 3 (Maximum) Given after one
week after presentation

In this assignment, students are required to read an article that they have chosen relating to
Curriculum and Instruction. After reading and understanding the contents of the article,
students are required to write a review of the article.
The written review should include:
Reference information namely the author, year of publication, title, name of journal,
etc.
Summary of the article (maximum 1 page)
Opinion/comments regarding the contents of the article in relation to this course
Conclusion regarding the contents
Add additional comments/opinions from the audience
The article review should be typed, double spaced, and paginated. The pages are to be stapled
together (do not bind).
The article review must have a cover page which should include the following details:
Students name
Students ID
The instructors name (correctly spelled).
The assignment must be edited for grammatical and typographical errors.
Oral Presentation (5%) Note: Duration 15 minutes
Students are to present the article review for sharing and discussion.
For the presentation, students need to prepare PowerPoint slides of not more than 10 slides,
which include the summary of the article, comments and conclusion.
2.

TEST 1 (15%)

Test 1 will cover topic from Week 1 to Week 5.

TEST 2 (15%)
Test 2 will cover topic from Week 7 to Week 9.
3.

MICRO-TEACHING/ MOCK TEACHING (30%)

Written Lesson Plan (10%)

Students will prepare and submit a complete lesson plan for a one or double-period on a topic
chosen from the school syllabus according to the format given.
Micro-teaching/ Mock Teaching (20%)
Students will conduct a micro-teaching/ mock teaching session, lasting about 15 minutes.
Students are to submit the written lesson plan together with handouts and/or other
instructional materials used during the micro-teaching session.
4.

COURSE DESIGN PROJECT (20%)

Students are to work in groups of between four to five students (group leader, secretary, 2
regular members) to design a course for a specific target group.
Presentation: 5% (maximum 15 minutes)
Written: Introduction & Rationale (3%), Curriculum (6%), Administration (3%), Appendices
(3%)
5.

PORTFOLIO (10%)

Students will collaborate to develop an individual e-portfolio website containing all materials
related to this course. The materials include notes, handouts, sample assignments, additional
resources related to the course. Students have to complete their websites by Week 13.
Students can use any available tools or software on Web 2.0 and creatively develop this
technology based portfolio and apply the knowledge that they gained during Instructional
Technology (EDU455) course. The examples of free tools and platform that currently
available and can be used include;
i) http://www.weebly.com/
ii) http://www.wix.com/
iii) http://www.webs.com/
iv) https://www.yola.com/
These are the examples of the best e-portfolio created by the students specifically for this
course. Students may use this e-portfolio as their guideline to develop their own e-portfolio.
i) http://kpsharifah90.wix.com/sharifahmaisurah90
ii) http://teachermisbahulhannan.weebly.com/