Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment

✍ Scribed by Cathy S. P. Wong, Carmela Briguglio, Sundrakanthi Singh, Michael Collins (auth.), Associate Professor Steve Frankland (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 65
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Assessment is the daily life of a teacher; designing plans, setting questions, giving feedback and grading are all activities that teachers undertake on a regular basis. Yet, the close examination of such activities can be hindered by constraints caused by the context in which different teaching and learning activities occur and an unawareness of the effect that assessment has on the students themselves.

This book provides a practical guide on the effective use of assessment. It includes the use of assessment tools and pedagogical design that help students deepen their learning. Major issues on assessment and some excellent examples are presented as a useful resource to university teachers in enhancing teaching and students' learning. It will also be found useful by teachers when implementing various assessment methods. School administrators and teaching development professionals will find the book useful when making decisions related to learning and teaching issues in their institutions.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Implementing Criterion-Referenced Assessment....Pages 3-30
Reinforcing Formative and Summative Assessment....Pages 31-61
Aligning Assessment with Learning and Teaching....Pages 63-108
Rethinking Teacher Professional Development....Pages 109-139
Teaching with Group Work, Peer and Self Assessment....Pages 143-195
Designing Multiple Assessment Methods....Pages 197-278
Reviewing Outcome-based Assessment and Implementation issues....Pages 279-322
Examining Assessment in the Workplace....Pages 325-379
Making Use of Technology in Assessment....Pages 381-441
Exploring Implementation Issues and their Implications....Pages 443-487
Back Matter....Pages 489-495

✦ Subjects

Education (general); Assessment, Testing and Evaluation; Learning & Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education