Assessing learning in Higher Education

Paul Bartholomew (Editor), John Branch (Editor), Claus Nygaard (Editor)

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    Abstract

    Assessing Learning in Higher Education addresses what is probably the most time-consuming part of the work of staff in higher education, and something to the complexity of which many of the recent developments in higher education have added. Getting assessment ‘right’– that is, designing and implementing appropriate models and methods, can determine the future lives and careers of students. But, as Professor Phil Race comments in his excellent and thought-provoking foreword, students entering higher education often have little idea about how exactly assessment will work, and often find that the process is very different from anything they have previously encountered.
    Assessing Learning in Higher Education contains innovative approaches to assessment drawn from many different cultures and disciplines. The chapter authors argue the need for changing assessment and feedback processes so that they embrace online collaboration and discussion between students as well as between ‘students’ and ‘faculty’.
    The chapters demonstrate that at some points there is a need to be able to measure individual achievement, and to do this in ways that are valid, transparent, authentic – and above all fair. Assessment and feedback processes need to ensure that students are well prepared for this individual assessment, but also to take account of collaboration and interaction. The respective chapters of Assessing Learning in Higher Education all of which are complete in themselves, but with very useful links to ideas in other chapters, provide numerous illustrations of how this can be achieved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationFaringdon (UK)
    PublisherLibri
    ISBN (Print)978-1-909818-81-1
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Publication series

    NameThe Learning in Higher Education Series
    PublisherLibri

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    • An introduction to assessment

      Bartholomew, P., Branch, J. & Nygaard, C., 2016, Assessing learning in Higher Education. Bartholomew, P., Branch, J. & Nygaard, C. (eds.). Faringdon (UK): Libri, p. 1-20 20 p. (The Learning in Higher Education Series).

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    • The trust issue: implementing peer-assessment in an undergraduate professional development context

      Peters, M. & Bartholomew, P., 2016, Assessing learning in Higher Education. Bartholomew, P., Branch, J. & Nygaard, C. (eds.). Faringdon (UK): Libri, p. 171-192 22 p. (The Learning in Higher Education Series).

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