Assessing Student Learning in Higher Education

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Routledge, 14.10.2013 - 336 Seiten
There is no doubt about the importance of assessment: it defines what students regard as important, how they spend their time and how they come to see themselves - it is a necessary part of helping them to learn.
This text provides background research on different aspects of assessment. Its purpose is to help lecturers to refresh their approach to the assessment of student learning.
It explores the nature of conventional assessment such as essays and projects, and also considers less widely used approaches such as self- and peer-assessment. There are also chapters devoted to the use of IT, the role of external examiners and the introduction of different forms of assessment.
With guidelines, suggestions, examples of practice and activities, this book will become a springboard for action, discussion and even more active learning.
 

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Introduction to the text
1
Figures
8
What is assessment?
18
Student learning
31
an overview
40
Assessing essays
70
Multiple choice questions
77
Assessing practical work
116
Changing assessment procedures
227
31
239
Reliability validity and examining
248
Quality standards and underlying issues
250
examples of examination questions in arts law and social sciences
265
Notes and comments on activities
276
Some further reading
291
Bibliography
292

Assessing projects
136
Assessing problemsolving
151
Assessing oral communication
166
Peer and selfassessment
172
some related approaches
185
Using computers in assessment
211
x
310
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311
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312
170
315
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316
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George A Brown, Joanna Bull, Malcolm Pendlebury

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