
This course
seeks to develop in the students an understanding and an appreciation of the
roles and purposes of assessment, the types of assessment, and the need to
align assessment to classroom practices and curriculum. This course provides
opportunities for participants to write items to assess students' learning of
mathematical ideas and their attitude towards the subject, and to collect and
analyse data on students' performances on some of those items. Thus, much time
will be spent on the practical aspects of the course.