UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE STUDY-UNITS
The method of assessment should indicate to the students precisely how they are going to be assessed.
Assessment Type
Analysis Task
Application
Assignment
Artefact
Business Plan
Case Study (Take Home)
Case Study (Exam Conditions)
Child Assessment
Choreography
Classwork
Clinical Assessment
Clinical Report
Competencies
Composition
Composition Portfolio and Dissertation
Computer-Based Examination
Dissertation
Dissertation & Oral Examination
Dissertation, Presentation & Oral
Examination
Essay
Examination
Examination: Maltese Sign language
Competences
Exhibition
Fieldwork
Game Prototype
Group Skills
Helping Skills
Intra-Interpersonal Skills
Literature Review
Logbook
Long Essay
Management Skills
Mock Negotiations
Multiple Choice Questions Examination
MCQ & Examination
Objective Structured Clinical
Examination
Objective Structured Practical Examination
Online Moderated Discussions and
Postings
Online Postings
Online Quiz
Open Book Examination
Oral and Written Exercises
Oral Examination
Performance
Performance and Dissertation
Placement
Notes
For this purpose, assignment means an essay set for students to be done away from
the classroom and submitted by a set date.
Examined during a pre-set time.
Competence is the acquisition of knowledge, skills and abilities at a level of expertise
sufficient to be able to perform in an appropriate work setting (within or outside
academia).
Used by the School of Performing Arts only.
Used by the School of Performing Arts only.
A dissertation is an extended written report involving research by the student, usually
undertaken individually, which contributes significantly towards a final assessment for a
degree.
A written assessment held under supervision on a set date, at a set time and venue, the
result of which contributes to the final mark of a study-unit.
Used by the Institute of Linguistics only.
Practical work conducted in the natural environment.
A systematic record of work done or experiences.
Multiple Choice Questions and Written Examination
Used by the Faculty of Health Sciences only.
Used by the Faculty of Health Sciences only.
Process of performing a piece of music or staging a theatrical production.
Used by the School of Performing Arts only.
Assessment Type
Portfolio
Poster
Practical
Practical Exercises
Presentation
Presentation and Writing Skills
Problem Sets
Progress Test
Project
Quiz
Recital
Reflective Diary
Report
Research Paper
Review Paper
Screenplay
Seminar Paper
Short Film
Simulation
Sketchbook
Subject Test
Take Home Examination
Teaching Practice File
Thesis & Oral Examination
Transcription
True/False Questions Examination
True/False Questions & Examination
Video
Workbook
Worksheets
Workshop
Written Exercises
Written Tasks
Notes
A systematic and organized collection of a student's work that exhibits to others the
direct evidence of a student's efforts, achievements, and progress over a period of time.
It should include representative work, providing a documentation of the learner's
performance and a basis for evaluation of the student's progress. Portfolios may include
a variety of demonstrations of learning that have been gathered in the form of a physical
collection of materials, videos, CD-ROMs, reflective journals, etc.
One or more written tests which students take at specific times during the course of the
study-unit to assess basic knowledge and comprehension of material and to promote
learning throughout the study period.
A complex assignment involving more than one type of activity and production. Projects
can take a variety of forms, (e.g. a mural construction, a shared service project, or other
collaborative or individual effort).
Used by the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery only.
A formally presented written report based on independent research which is required for
the award of an SThD or PhD degree and an Oral Examination.
Musical arrangement for an instrument.
True/False Questions and Written Examination
A record of work done.
A meeting for concerted discussion or activity.
These methods of assessment were used in the past but are no longer being used:
Assessment Type
Attendance
Continuous Assessment
Coursework
Discussion
Intra-Interpersonal Skills &
Competencies
Module Result
Online Participation
Participation
Reflective Diary & Written Tasks on
Competencies
Seminar
Test
Tutorial
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