Throughout higher education assessment is changing, driven by increased class size, changing curricula and the need to support students better. At the same time assessment regulations and external quality assurance demands are constraining assessment options, driven by worries about standards, relia
Innovative assessment in higher education
โ Scribed by Cordelia Bryan; Karen Clegg; Taylor & Francis
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 256
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Why assessment is changing / Graham Gibbs -- How assessment frames student learning / Graham Gibbs -- Evaluating new priorities for assessment in HE / Roger Murphy -- Accessible and adaptable elements of Alverno student assessment-as-learning : strategies and challenges for peer review / Marcia Mentowski -- Rethinking technology supported assessment practices in relation to the seven principles of good feedback practice / David Nicol -- Evaluating written feedback / Evelyn Brown and Chris Glover -- Using formative assessment to improve student learning through critical reflection / Alan Robinson and Mark Udall -- Enhancing understanding of assessment criteria / Margaret Price and Berry O'Dovovan -- Using core assessment criteria to improve essay writing / Katherine Harrington, Lin Norton, James Elander, Jo Lusher, Olaojo Aiyegbayo, Edd Pitt, Hannah Robinson, and Peter Reddy -- Online instantaneous and targeted feedback for remote learners / Shelagh Ross, Sally Jordan, and Philip Butcher -- Improving student experience through making assessments "flow" / Lesley Lawrence and Sean Gammon -- Confidence-based marking : towards deeper learning & better exams / Tony Gardner-Medwin -- Developing group learning through assessment / Cordelia Bryan -- Supporting diverse students : developing learner autonomy via assessment / Kay Sambell, Liz McDowell, and Alistair Sambell -- Identifying themes for staff development : the essential part of PDP innovation / Sue Williams and Sheila Ryan -- Assessing learning outcomes in a PBL curriculum for a professional training programme / Jim Wood, Christine Curle, Catherine Haslam, and Jacqui Stedmon -- ePortfolios : supporting assessment in complex educational environments / Simon Cotterill, Geoff Hammond, and Philip Bradley -- Assessment to support developments in inter-professional learning / Sue Morison and Mairead Boohan -- Academic professionalism? : the need for change / Lewis Elton -- Reflections : rationales and realities / Karen Clegg and Cordelia Bryan
โฆ Table of Contents
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures......Page 9
Tables......Page 10
Contributors......Page 11
Foreword......Page 18
Acknowledgements......Page 21
Introduction......Page 22
Part I: Pedagogic context......Page 30
1. Why assessment is changing......Page 32
2. How assesment frames student learning......Page 44
3. Evaluating new priorities for assesment in higher education......Page 58
4. Accessible and adaptable elements of Alverno student assessment-as-learning: Strategies and challenges for peer review......Page 69
5. Rethinking technology-supported assessment practices in relation to the seven principles of good feedback practice......Page 85
Part II: Implementing feedback......Page 100
6. Evaluating written feedback......Page 102
7. Using formative assessment to improve student learning through critical reflection......Page 113
8. Improving performance through enhancing student understanding of criteria and feedback......Page 121
9. Using core assessment criteria to improve eassy writing......Page 131
Part III: Stimulating learning......Page 142
10. Online instantaneous and targeted feedback for remote learners......Page 144
11. Improving student experience through making assessments 'flow'......Page 153
12. Confidence-based marking: Towards deeper learning and better exams......Page 162
13. Developing group learning through assessment......Page 171
14. Supporting diverse students: Developing learner autonomy via assessment......Page 179
Part IV: Encouraging professional development......Page 190
15. Identifying themes for staff development: The essential part of PDP innovation......Page 192
16. Assessing learning in a PBL curriculum for healthcare training......Page 201
17. ePortfolios: Supporting assessment in complex educational environments......Page 212
18. Assessment to support developments in interprofessional education......Page 221
19. Academic professionalism: The need for change......Page 230
20. Reflections, rationales and realities......Page 237
Index......Page 249
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