Assessment matters in higher education : choosing and using diverse approaches

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia, PA : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 1999.Description: xi, 210 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9780335202423

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Examinations.

DDC classification:

378.1662

LOC classification:

LB2366 .A77 1999

Other classification:

81.53

Summary: Assessment really does matter in higher education. Internationally, academics - and those who support them - 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. Assessment Matters in Higher Education provides both theoretical perspectives and pragmatic advice on how to conduct effective assessment. It draws clearly on both relevant research and on its contributors' practical first hand experience (warts and all!). It asks, for example: * how can assessment methods best become an integral part of learning? * what strategies can be used to make assessment fairer, more consistent and more efficient? * how effective are innovative approaches to assessment, and in what contexts do they prosper? * to what extent can students become involved in their own assessment? * how can we best assess learning in professional practice contexts? This is an important resource for all academics and.Summary: Academic managers involved in assessing their students.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Botho University Botswana Open Shelves	Education	378.1662 ASS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BU-LIB19494
Books	Botho University Lesotho Open Shelves	Education	378.1662 ASS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BK001055

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Assessment really does matter in higher education. Internationally, academics - and those who support them - 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. Assessment Matters in Higher Education provides both theoretical perspectives and pragmatic advice on how to conduct effective assessment. It draws clearly on both relevant research and on its contributors' practical first hand experience (warts and all!). It asks, for example: * how can assessment methods best become an integral part of learning? * what strategies can be used to make assessment fairer, more consistent and more efficient? * how effective are innovative approaches to assessment, and in what contexts do they prosper? * to what extent can students become involved in their own assessment? * how can we best assess learning in professional practice contexts? This is an important resource for all academics and.

Academic managers involved in assessing their students.

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