BLH2300 Language, Text and Mathematics (in-depth) Course description

Combined assessment.

Part 1 Assessment of practical training.

The assessment takes its point of departure in given criteria based on learning outcomes for the course, criteria for failing the practical training, criteria for suitability assessment and compulsory activities carried throughout the practical training. Students’ practical training can only be assessed if their attendance is sufficiently high (90%). For more information, see the general part of the programme description about the assessment of practical training.

If the student has failed the practical training, the whole practical training course must be retaken. This includes associated requirements.

Part 2 Supervised individual written exam.

Practical test (modified OSCE test, objective structured clinical examination) which includes an MC test (multiple choice), related to basic skills in nursing and the learning outcomes in the course. Carried out station based.

Part 1 and part 2 can be taken independently of each other. The student must have obtained a pass grade on both parts in order to pass the course as a whole and earn the credits. Part 1 and part 2 appear on the diploma.

None.

Part 1 Pass-fail.

Part 2 Pass-fail.

Part 1 Contact lecturer approves the exam after recommendation from the practical training supervisor. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

Part 2 Minimum four internal and one external examiner.

The examiner awards points according to predetermined checklists with criteria based on learning outcomes in the course.

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• Individual written assignment: Op-ed article. Scope: around 1,000 words. Each student must also provide peer feedback to two other students in writing. Scope of each peer feedback: around 200-350 words.
• Coursework requirements relating to a children’s culture festival, consisting of the following elements:

1. Practical work in groups carried out in kindergarten. The practical work must be documented through a multimodal text aimed at parents. Scope: maximum three pages/ five minutes.
2. Written reports in groups after the children`s culture festival. Scope: around 1,000 words.
3. Presentations in groups of the work related to the children`s culture festival.Scope: around 15 minutes.

More detailed information about coursework requirements is available in the programme description for the full-time Bachelor’s Programme in Early Childhood Education and Care (180 credits).

Academic activities with compulsory participation

The students must have participated in the following academic activities before they can take the exam:

• Seminar on language mapping in the kindergarten
• Seminar on various guidance topics
• Interdisciplinary seminar in Norwegian and mathematics
• Seminar on mathematical patterns

An 80% attendance requirement applies to the teaching

The attendance requirement for all teaching activities is 80%.

More detailed information about the teaching and participation requirements is available in the programme description for the full-time Bachelor’s Programme in Early Childhood Education and Care (180 credits).

Suitability assessment

See the programme description for the full-time Bachelor’s Programme in Early Childhood Education and Care (180 credits) for further information.

SYKKPRA10 and SYKPPRA10 are fully overlapping.

None

Grade scale: A-F

The exam will be assessed by two internal examiners. External programme supervisors are appointed to evaluate the coherence of the programme as a whole and the exams in each individual course.