Evaluation

SELF-EVALUATION AND EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM ACQUISITION

Achieved target competences  Students give their short comments on their achievements by using the categories of the reached quality: surface knowledge and/or skills, deep (understanding), strategic (context knowledge and relevant master’s abilities). If negotiated with the educator who delivers the course, also scores can be given with short comments to them: excellent, good, satisfactory, weak. The students’ achievements are  evaluated in ten score system by: ‘outstanding’ (10) which reflects that the student’s success exceeds the master’s competence level (approaches a doctoral level); ‘excellent’ (9); ‘very good’  (8);  ‘ good’ (7);  ‘almost good’ (6);  ‘satisfactory’ (5); ‘almost satisfactory’ (4);  ‘ not satisfactory’ (3-1).   Self-evaluation takes place:

• After completing each study course; students use the list of the competences which are planned to achieve by the end of acquiring the course and which are available in each course description.
•  After completing the whole program by the end of the studies (4^th semester); students use the target competences of this program (see Aims, Objectives, and Outcomes at this Home page).

Suggested table of self-evaluation and evaluation of the course/program acquisition Instruction: students give short self-evaluation and comment (on basis of success and reasons of failure) of the course acquisition by comparing their achievements with the course aims and objectives (Students find the course descriptions in the Information System if the University of Latvia).

The course  (or program) target competences	Excellent/ strategic	Good/ deep	Satisfactory	Weak/  surface
Take the list of competences from the course or program  description

In brief formulate the main activities:

• to complete the competence development in the next semester (course self-evaluation); 
• or the nearest future (if you self-evaluate the acquisition of the program by the end of your studies).