Exercises are meant to make students understand how to use theories and instruments of research in order to enter into an educational and school context and develop an analysis on it, on its relationships and practices that feature it.

Attending the training session and exercises helps understanding the aim of the course and the more and more growing level of expertise and knowledge of proposed instruments as well as the level of student learning.

The final exam is written and, on demand by the student, also oral.

In case the written exam is not sufficient, it has to be done again. 

Attending students: 

The exam will be written and it will regard a practical exercise developed during the lessons, which will be described and argued also using the theoretical materials provided within the program. 

Non attending students:

The exam will be a questionnaire made  of multiple choice questions and open-ended questions .

Evaluation Criteria:

 The written exam of attending students will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

- correctness in writing;

- clarity in writing;

- correctness in making reference to theoretical contents (perspectives, methods and instruments);

- exhaustiveness and synthesis skills;

- transferability and practicability in school and education contexts; 

- originality of the design concept or of the constructed instruments. 

The test of non attending students will be evaluated on the base of the multiple choice questions scoring and also on the quality of the answers provided to the open-ended questions according to the following criteria: 

- correctness in writing;

- clarity in writing;

- correctness in making reference to theoretical contents (perspectives, methods and instruments);

- exhaustiveness and synthesis skills.