Assumed One year Readiness Program Directors Knowledge course in each may wish to customise Each Griffith degree Degree Program in academic and study Assumed Generic program identifies at least the first trimester skills development Academic and one course in their first programs to optimise Study Skills May also include trimester which will provide student success in the programs with systematic opportunities for particular discipline. is advanced standing in students to develop an online tutorial which second Year academic and/or study covering foundational students are new to skills relevant to success in academic and study university. the particular discipline skills that are core to (e.g., completion of the academic success. Study Smart online tutorial Topics cover as part of the assessment researching, writing package). and studying at Griffith University. This tutorial provides students with strategies, resources and interactive learning activities designed to enhance their academic success. Assumed entry First Year threshold Readiness Assumed knowledge, level Disciplinary courses (viz. the key in this context, refers Each Griffith degree Procedural disciplinary courses to the baseline at program identifies the Knowledge building threshold which we start to teach key disciplinary-relevant knowledge, & usually our commencing knowledge and skills perceived to be the students. That is, the assumed that most difficult by starting assumptions commencing students students). we make about what will possess in key or our commencing threshold first-trimester students already know first-year courses. or can do and upon which our starting A brief (15 minute) not for marks diagnostic curriculum is founded. The extent to which quiz/test be administered we this right’ can to commencing students ‘get in the first two weeks of have a potent influence on students’ trimester in key courses. academic efficacy and This can be either online through subsequent success. Learning@Griffith or in Assumed knowledge class. may vary as a function A self-scoring process of a student’s pathway into university and be employed and their prior level of standard feedback and encouragement provided academic achievement. . to students. Assumed knowledge, is particularly relevant in courses and programs where commencing students are expected to have basic mastery of specific key concepts or procedures (e.g., particular levels/types of numeracy for
Assumed Knowledge Assumed Generic Academic and Study Skills One year course in each Degree Program in the first trimester May also include programs with advanced standing in which second Year students are new to university. Readiness Each Griffith degree program identifies at least one course in their first trimester which will provide systematic opportunities for students to develop academic and/or study skills relevant to success in the particular discipline (e.g., completion of the Study Smart online tutorial as part of the assessment package). Program Directors may wish to customise academic and study skills development programs to optimise student success in the particular discipline. is an online tutorial covering foundational academic and study skills that are core to academic success. Topics cover researching, writing and studying at Griffith University. This tutorial provides students with strategies, resources and interactive learning activities designed to enhance their academic success. Assumed entry level Disciplinary Procedural Knowledge First Year threshold courses (viz. the key disciplinary courses building threshold knowledge, & usually perceived to be the most difficult by students). Readiness Each Griffith degree program identifies the key disciplinary-relevant knowledge and skills assumed that commencing students will possess in key or threshold first-trimester first-year courses. A brief (15 minute) not for marks diagnostic quiz/test be administered to commencing students in the first two weeks of trimester in key courses. This can be either online through Learning@Griffith or in class. A self-scoring process be employed and standard feedback and encouragement provided to students. Assumed knowledge, in this context, refers to the baseline at which we start to teach our commencing students. That is, the starting assumptions we make about what our commencing students already know or can do and upon which our starting curriculum is founded. The extent to which we ‘get this right’ can have a potent influence on students’ academic efficacy and subsequent success. Assumed knowledge may vary as a function of a student’s pathway into university and their prior level of academic achievement. . Assumed knowledge, is particularly relevant in courses and programs where commencing students are expected to have basic mastery of specific key concepts or procedures (e.g., particular levels/types of numeracy for
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