Improving Assessment through Student Involvement
eBook - ePub

Improving Assessment through Student Involvement

Practical Solutions for Aiding Learning in Higher and Further Education

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Improving Assessment through Student Involvement

Practical Solutions for Aiding Learning in Higher and Further Education

About this book

The assessment of students an activity central to the role of any professional in further and higher education, and is an area that is the subject of constant innovation and debate.
This book provides a scholarly account of the many facets of assessment, with a particular focus on student involvement. Peer and self-assessment are powerful assessment tools to add to the existing tutor-based methods of assessment and feedback, and this book is a comprehensive guide to the the methods and issues involved.
Practical and accessible in style, yet grounded in research and rich in evidence-based material, Improving Assessment Through Student Involvement will be valued by all FE or HE professionals wanting to enhance both the effectiveness and quality of their assessment methods.

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Yes, you can access Improving Assessment through Student Involvement by Nancy Falchikov in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Adult Education. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781134395743

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1 The seven pillars of assessment
  9. 2 What’s wrong with traditional assessment?
  10. 3 Changing definitions of assessment
  11. 4 Why do teachers involve students in assessment?
  12. 5 How may students be involved in assessment?
  13. 6 Practical peer assessment and feedback: problems and solutions
  14. 7 How well are students able to judge their own work?
  15. 8 How reliable or valid are student peer assessments?
  16. 9 Assessment of groups by peers
  17. 10 Computer Assisted Assessment (CAA) and student involvement
  18. 11 Past, present and futures
  19. References
  20. Author index
  21. Subject index