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9.2 Constructive Alignment

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At the end of this session you will have participated in learning and teaching activities that will enable you to:

  1. Outline the concept of constructive alignment according to Biggs
  2. Explain why constructive alignment is important 
  3. Describe how you have applied constructive alignment to one of the courses you currently teach or have taught.

 Constructive alignment, a concept developed by John Biggs and and Catherine Tang, is used by many in the assessment construction process.

This video from Griffith University outlines the basic part of constructive alignment according to John Biggs

 

USING BIGGS’ MODEL OF CONSTRUCTIVE ALIGNMENT IN CURRICULUM DESIGN

This blog Links to an external site. introduces Biggs and has a number of diagrams that make the connection between Bloom's taxonomy and the Solo Taxonomy. Figure Five is a clear example of how learning outcomes, assessment methods and teaching and learning activities can be aligned.

 
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