General Submission Information

General Submission Information   

All written assessments must be submitted electronically. Please format assessments using 12-point font and 1.5 spacing. Submissions must meet the required file type and formatting specifications outlined in the assessment guidelines. If you are unsure about the file format or have technical difficulties, it is your responsibility to seek assistance before the submission deadline. Students should be careful to check that they submit the correct file for an assessment as no re-submissions will be accepted after the due date and time, including instances where students upload an incorrect file. It is not the responsibility of unit staff to contact students who have failed to submit assessments. If you have any missing items of assessment, it is your responsibility to contact the unit convenor.   

Turnitin plagiarism detection software is used to check all written assessments. It is the responsibility of all students to ensure that their submitted work is in a format compatible with Turnitin software for plagiarism checking. Students can use Turnitin’s Originality Report as a learning tool to improve their academic writing if this option is made available in the unit.   

Word limits are strictly applied, with + or – 10% applicable. Work above the word limit will not be marked.    

Academic Integrity  

Students should be aware of and apply the University policy on academic integrity (see: https://policies.mq.edu.au/document/view.php?id=3).   

Artificial Intelligence  

https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/assessments/ai-and-assessment  

https://policies.mq.edu.au/document/view.php?id=394  

Information for Unit Convenors: What to communicate to students about AI and Assessments.  

Special Consideration / Late Penalties   

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day to late submissions, up until the 7th calendar day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.    

Important to note:   

Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs) will be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application.   

Students should not request an informal arrangement from their tutor, lecturer or Unit Convenor (or equivalent).   

Where an application for Special Consideration is approved and the outcome is an extension to the due date of a task, submissions that are received after the new due date will be subject to late penalties that are calculated from the new due date. This only applies where the outcome is an extension to the due date – see the Special Consideration Policy for a schedule of all possible outcomes.  

A Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.   

Applications must be made via Service Connect.    

Quiz 

Each quiz is an individual assessment task and must be completed by each student individually. Similarities in responses between students will be checked and investigated for possible collusion.    

University Policy on Grading       

Assignments will be awarded grades ranging from HD to F according to guidelines set out in the University's Grading System and University Assessment Policy.    

To attain a pass or higher grade in Professional Experience a student must obtain a satisfactory in both the Professional Experience component and a pass or higher grade in the academic component. For Professional Experience units the Professional Experience Evaluation Report is marked as Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory. The Macquarie Teaching Performance Assessment (MQTPA - in final WIL/PEx units) is marked as Not met, Met or Exceeds.   

Results   

Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed because they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit Service Connect.   

Withdrawing from this unit   

If you are considering withdrawing from this unit, please seek academic advice via Service Connect before doing so as this unit may be a co-requisite or prerequisite for units in the following sessions and may impact your course progression

Participation Tasks

Assessment Type ¹: Participatory task Indicative Time on Task ²: 10 hours Due: 23:55 on 02/08; 16/08; 30/08; 20/09; 09/11/2026 Weighting: 40% Groupwork/Individual: Short extension ³: No AI Approach:

Students complete 5 multiple choice quizzes and/or similar activities related to demonstrate their content knowledge. Each student receives an individual mark. 

On successful completion you will be able to:

• Identify, analyse and critically evaluate educational research literature in order to understand the nature of problems and issues that impact the quality of learning and teaching in school settings.
• Identify evidence-based solutions to problems and issues that impact the quality of learning and teaching in school settings.
• Effectively communicate the theory and practice of educational research methods, and its application to identifying, implementing and evaluating evidence-based solutions to problems and issues that impact the quality of learning and teaching in school settings, to non-technical audiences who are stakeholders in school communities.

¹ If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

• the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
• Academic Success for academic skills support.

² Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation.

³ An automatic short extension is available for some assessments. Apply through the Service Connect Portal.

Delivery

This unit includes weekly lecture podcasts and online tutorials. Please ensure you have listened to the relevant weekly lecture podcasts before attending your tutorial.

Resources

You will need regular access to the internet and word processing software to complete this unit.

Required and recommended texts

Recommended texts will be posted on iLearn in the relevant week.

Information about the unit iLearn site 

This unit has a full web presence through iLearn. Information for students about access to the online component of this unit is available at https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/index.php. You will need to enter your student username and password.

Please do NOT contact the Unit Convenor regarding iLearn technical help. Assistance is available from IT Helpdesk: via email onehelp@mq.edu.au or Ph: 9850 4357 or 1800 67 4357. On Campus: Ground floor at 18 Wally’s Walk.

A unit schedule is provided on iLearn.