Assessment matters in higher education : choosing and using diverse approaches / edited by Sally Brown and Angela Glasner.
Contributor(s): Brown, Sally
| Glasner, Angela.
Material type: 
BookSeries: SRHE and Open University press imprint.Publisher: Buckingham : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 1999Description: xi, 210 p. : ill. ; 23 cm + pbk.ISBN: 0335202438 (v) (hbk); 033520242X (m) (pbk).Subject(s): Universities and colleges -- Examinations | College students -- Rating of | College teaching -- Evaluation | Education, Higher -- Evaluation | Educational tests and measurementsDDC classification: 378.1662 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 378.1662 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00085549 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Assessment really does matter in higher education. Internationally academics are seeking better ways to assess students, recognizing that diverse methods are available which may solve many of the problems associated with the evaluation of learning.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Systems approaches to assessment -- Part 2: Exploring the effectiveness of innovative assessment -- Part 3: Assessing practice -- Part 4: Towards autonomous assessment.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. vii)
- Notes on Contributors (p. ix)
- Part 1 Systems Approaches to Assessment (p. 1)
- 1 Institutional Strategies for Assessment (p. 3)
- 2 Innovations in Student Assessment: A System-wide Perspective (p. 14)
- 3 Assessment and Evaluation: A Systems Approach for their Utilization (p. 28)
- 4 Using Assessment Strategically to Change the Way Students Learn (p. 41)
- Part 2 Exploring the Effectiveness of Innovative Assessment (p. 55)
- 5 Why Assess Innovatively? (p. 57)
- 6 The Experience of Innovative Assessment: Student Perspectives (p. 71)
- 7 Biases in Marking Students' Written Work: Quality? (p. 83)
- Part 3 Assessing Practice (p. 93)
- 8 Assessing Practice (p. 95)
- 9 Assessment of Key Skills (p. 106)
- 10 Using Portfolios for Assessment in Teacher Preparation and Health Sciences (p. 122)
- 11 Group-based Assessment: An Evaluation of the Use of Assessed Tasks as a Method of Fostering Higher Quality Learning (p. 132)
- 12 Dimensions of Oral Assessment and Student Approaches to Learning (p. 146)
- Part 4 Towards Autonomous Assessment (p. 157)
- 13 Towards Autonomous Assessment: Using Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment (p. 159)
- 14 Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment (p. 172)
- 15 Peer Assessment of Undergraduate Seminar Presentations: Motivations, Reflection and Future Directions (p. 183)
- 16 Using Peer Assessment and Self-Assessment for the First Time (p. 191)
- Conclusion (p. 202)
- Index (p. 204)
- The Society for Research into Higher Education (p. 211)