In person

The student will be assessed individually (point 1, 2 & 3) and/or in groups (points 3, 4 & 5):   

1. Exam I                                                              25%                                                              
2. Exam II                                                             25%  
3. Professional Development                                   25%*
4. Exam rehearsals + sheet of answers                     5%*
5. Data extraction from a scientific article                15%*       
6. Cross-disciplinary Workshop on Sustainability        5%* 

1- Exam I & II -  It will be a multiple-choice exam (with a correct answer for each question like a driving license) and open answer questions. This contrasts with multiple response items in which more than one answer may be keyed as correct. If the exam is online, the format of the exam might be different. The average between both exams should be at least 5. Otherwise, you will have to repeat the exam(s) you failed in June (segona convocatòria). 

2- Professional development - A presentation of the chapters that should last about 1h 30 min or 2h 30 min. (45 min + 45 min) (1h 15 min. + 1h 15 min. if you are a group of three): you don’t need to explain all the content, but all the main ideas that you can communicate within the time given (this implies some rehearsal in advance). It is very important to bear in mind that you don’t have to present, but instead explain as if you were the teacher! These four aspects will be assessed: a) selection of content, b) structure of contents, c) teaching strategies (can your audience follow the lesson?), and d) Time management and fluency (is your discourse well-prepared or instead improvisation takes place affecting your time management?). 

3- Exam rehearsals + sheet of answers - You will have to prepare in pairs a multiple-choice exam with 20 items (10 items per student; e.g., 30 items if you are three students) and provide the sheet of answers justifying them (with a copy-paste of the paragraph/sentence where you can find the answers plus page of the book). You will send it by e-mail to the teacher in two separate files: one for the multiple-choice exam and the other for the sheet of answers. Important: even though you can split the work (10 items x student), the mark is one x team since it is a group activity, which means that you have to check and revise each other's work and not only the one you get responsible for.

4 - Data extraction from a scientific article - The objective of this exercise is to develop your ability to analyse and evaluate scientific articles in a critical and structured manner. You will have to read a scientific article selected from Moodle and extract the most relevant information in each of the indicated sections (abstract, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, and reflection). This exercise will help you to improve your critical reading skills and understanding of the structure and content of a scientific article, preparing you for future academic and professional tasks in the field of research.

5 - Cross-disciplinary Workshop on Sustainability (CWS) - The deadline will be November 11th. This information should be included: title, theoretical framework, aims, method, results, discussion and references. In order to evaluate this work, I will consider the written product (the powerpoint presentation), the defense (oral part), the evaluators' assessment and your individual involvement in the project as part of the process so that not only the product is evaluated.

*English skills may be evaluated as well for the class exhibition and CWS presentation (the fluency component),and the exam rehearsals and CWS slides (the writing).