The course puts the student at the center of the teaching-learning process. Under this premise we have planned the teaching methodology and the formative assessment activities, which are detailed below.

The assessment for the course will be carried out throughout the academic year through the learning-evidence activities shown in the table below. For students who are deemed assessable, learning-evidence activities that are not submitted will receive a mark of 0.0.

A student who has submitted learning-evidence activities accounting for 40% or more of the final mark will be considered ASSESSABLE and, therefore, will be assigned a numerical mark. Otherwise, that is, if the submissions do not reach 40% of the final mark, the student will be graded as NOT ASSESSABLE.

For further information on the Faculty assessment guidelines, please consult the following link: https://www.uab.cat/doc/DOC_PautesAvaluacio_2026

The final mark for the course will be obtained from the weighted average of the learning-evidence activities. To pass the course, students must obtain an average mark equal to or higher than 5.0 and a minimum mark of 4.0 in each learning-evidence activity.

If the weighted average is equal to or higher than 5.0, but the minimum-mark requirement is not met in one or more learning-evidence activities, the maximum mark recorded in the official academic record will be 4.5. If the weighted average is below 5.0, the mark recorded in the official academic record will be the final mark obtained, provided that this does not contradict the general assessment criteria for the course.

Resit assessment

Students may be eligible for resit assessment if they meet either of the following conditions:

(a) they have one or more reassessable learning-evidence activities with a mark below 4.0;

(b) they have not reached a weighted average mark of 5.0 across the learning-evidence activities as a whole.

EV1, EV2 and EV3 are reassessable. EV4 is not reassessable, since it consists of seminar activities designed to be carried out during the corresponding sessions, often in groups and under teacher supervision.

The resit assessment will take place during the period established by the Faculty. If the student has one or more reassessable learning-evidence activities with a mark below 4.0, they must reassess those activities. If the student has obtained a mark equal to or higher than 4.0 in all reassessable learning-evidence activities but does not reach a final weighted average of 5.0, the teaching staff will indicate which reassessable learning-evidence activity or activities the student may reassess in order to try to meet the requirements for passing the course.

The resit-assessment system only allows the mark to be increased up to a maximum of 5.0 points per learning-evidence activity. That is, reassessed learning-evidence activities may receive a maximum mark of 5.0. The mark obtained in the resit assessment will replace the initial mark for the corresponding learning-evidence activity and will then be weighted according to the weight established in the assessment table. The resit assessment may not be used to improve the mark of a learning-evidence activity with an original mark (that is, pre-resit) equal to or higher than 4.

After the resit assessment, the course will be considered passed if the student obtains a weighted average equal to or higher than 5.0 and meets the requirement of having obtained a mark equal to or higher than 4.0 in each learning-evidence activity. If, after the resit assessment, the mark for any learning-evidence activity is below 4.0, or if the final weighted average is below 5.0, the course will be failed.

Attendance and seminar activities

Attendance at sessions is not a general requirement for the course. However, the assessable activities for EV4 are carried out during seminar sessions and, due to their characteristics, cannot be replaced by an alternative activity outside the corresponding session.

If a student does not attend a seminar session in which an assessable activity is carried out, they will receive a mark of 0.0 for that activity, regardless of whether the activity is individual or collective. This mark of 0.0 does not prevent the student from completing the remaining assessment activities in EV4 or the other learning-evidence activities, which will maintain their relative weight in the calculation of the final mark.

For example, if in the 9 seminar sessions a student obtains the following marks: 8.0; 4.0; 6.0; 9.0; 0.0; 0.0; 7.0; 5.0 and 6.0, the average for EV4 is 5.0 and, therefore, the student will have passed this learning-evidence activity. In contrast, if the student obtains the following marks: 8.0; 0.0; 6.0; 9.0; 0.0; 0.0; 7.0; 5.0 and 6.0, the average is 4.6 and, therefore, the student will not have passed this learning-evidence activity, although the mark may be averaged with the other learning-evidence activities. If the average mark for EV4 were below 4, the course would be failed, since this learning-evidence activity is not reassessable.

Justification of an absence will be considered for information purposes only and will not make it possible to replace the activity, since seminar activities are designed to be carried out during the corresponding session, often in groups and under teacher supervision.

Single assessment

SINGLE ASSESSMENT MUST BE REQUESTED ONLINE (E-FORM) DURING THE SPECIFIC PERIOD (more information on the Faculty website).

This course offers students the option of completing an assessment concentrated on a single date during the second assessment period. This assessment will consist of three learning-evidence activities:

During the oral exercises assessing the content of the oral language and written language blocks, the student will have to answer questions on these topics. To assess the syllabus of the seminar activities, students who choose single assessment will have to answer a questionnaire on:

(a) the content and methodological characteristics of a meta-analytic study that will be provided approximately 10 days before the exam and that may be brought to the exam on the day itself (without annotations or translations of any kind);

(b) aspects of the development and teaching of numerical knowledge and dyscalculia;

(c) aspects of school organisation.

The approximate duration of the single assessment will be 20 minutes for the oral language section, 30 minutes for the written language section, and 3 hours for the questionnaire corresponding to the seminar syllabus.

The final mark for the single assessment will be the weighted average of the three learning-evidence activities. As in continuous assessment, the average mark must be equal to or higher than 5.0 in order to pass the course. It will also be necessary to obtain a mark equal to or higher than 4.0 in each of the three learning-evidence activities. If the weighted average is equal to or higher than 5.0, but the minimum-mark requirement is not met in one or more learning-evidence activities, the maximum mark recorded in the official academic record will be 4.5.

The same criteria for being graded as 'not assessable' and the same criteria for access to resit assessment as in continuous assessment will apply.

After the resit assessment, the course will be considered passed if the student obtains a weighted average equal to or higher than 5.0 and meets the requirement of having obtained a mark equal to or higher than 4.0 in each of the single-assessment learning-evidence activities. If, after the resit assessment, the mark for any learning-evidence activity is below 4.0, or if the final weighted average is below 5.0, the course will be failed.

The review of the final mark will follow the same procedure as for continuous assessment.

Synthesis exam for students in their second or subsequent enrolment

Students in their second or subsequent enrolment may request to take a synthesis exam. This option will allow the course to be assessed through a single exam, without having to complete the seminar activities corresponding to EV4.

The synthesis exam will take place on the date established by the Faculty for the second assessment period and will consist of two parts:

In accordance with the Faculty assessment guidelines, the synthesis exam will not have a resit assessment. To pass the course through this modality, students must obtain a weighted average mark equal to or higher than 5.0 and a minimum mark of 4.0 in each of the two parts. If the weighted average is equal to or higher than 5.0, but the minimum-mark requirement is not met in one or more parts, the maximum mark recorded in the official academic record will be 4.5.

Students in their second or subsequent enrolment who wish to take the synthesis exam must request this from the teaching staff responsible for the course within the same period established by the Faculty

for requesting single assessment.

Use of artificial intelligence

In this course, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted as an integral part of the development of the course, provided that the final result reflects a significant contribution by the student in terms of analysis and personal reflection. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools have influenced the process and the final result of the activity.

Lack of transparency in the use of AI will be considered a breach of academic honesty and may result in a penalty in the mark for the activity, or more serious sanctions in severe cases.

In in-person assessment tests, whether oral or written, the use of AI tools will be completely prohibited unless the teaching staff explicitly indicate otherwise.