Case study: Memoing and Axial coding

Memo 1Belief in assessment: Traditional exam VS Performance assessmentTanya thinks that traditional exam assesses student’s competence, including memorisation and grammar. It is ‘standard’ and easy to mark. On the other hand, performance assessment assesses student’s performances. Thus, the current assessment for the foundation courses assesses both competence and performance because the courses consist of final exam and performance assessment. Tanya also adds that some students are good at competence whereas some are good at performance. The question is whether the exams they use in the departments are ‘standard’ since they do not have any measure in standardising the exams. Perhaps, what Tanya means by ‘standard’ is that there is a standard marking, that is, objective marking.