Assessing student learning in higher education / George Brown, with Joanna Bull and Malcolm Pendlebury.
By: Brown, George
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Contributor(s): Bull, Joanna | Pendlebury, Malcolm.
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BookPublisher: London. New York : Routledge, 1997Description: xiii,317p : ill ; 24cm + pbk.ISBN: 0415162262 (m) (hbk); 0415144604 (v) (pbk).Subject(s): Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- Examinations | College students -- Rating of -- Great Britain | College teaching -- Great Britain -- Evaluation | Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- Great Britain | Education, Higher -- Great Britain -- EvaluationDDC classification: 378.1662 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 378.1662 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070083 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Bibliography: (pages 295-309) and index.
Introduction to the text -- What is assessment? -- Student learning -- Methods and strategies: an overview -- Assessing essays -- Multiple choice questions -- Assessing practical work -- Assessing projects -- Assessing problem-solving -- Assessing oral communication -- Peer- and self-assessment -- Self-assessment: some related approaches -- Using computers in assessment -- Changing assessment procedures -- Reliability, validity and examining -- Quality, standards and underlying issues.