Improving the Quality of Assessment Grading Tools in Master of Education Courses: A Comparative Case Study in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Autor/inn/en	Christie, Michael; Grainger, Peter; Dahlgren, Robert; Call, Kairen; Heck, Deborah; Simon, Susan
Titel	Improving the Quality of Assessment Grading Tools in Master of Education Courses: A Comparative Case Study in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Quelle	In: Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 15 (2015) 5, S.22-35 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1527-9316
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; Case Studies; Educational Quality; Educational Improvement; Grading; Evaluation Research; Criterion Referenced Tests; Scoring Rubrics; Masters Programs; Interviews; Delphi Technique; Student Motivation; Research Tools; Check Lists; Comparative Education; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Evaluation Methods; Foreign Countries; Australia; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Notengebung; Schulnote; Evaluationsforschung; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Delphi-Methode; Schulische Motivation; Forschungsmittel; Checkliste; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	This study compares the use and efficacy of assessment grading tools within postgraduate education courses in a regional Australian university and a regional university in the US. Specifically, we investigate how the quality of postgraduate education courses can be improved through the use of assessment rubrics or criterion referenced assessment sheets (CRA sheets). The researchers used a critical review of rubrics from Master of Education courses, interviews and a modified form of the Delphi method to investigate how one can assure the quality of assessment grading tools and their effects on student motivation and learning. The research resulted in the development of a checklist, in the form of a set of questions, that lecturers should ask themselves before writing rubrics or CRA sheets. The paper demonstrates how assessment grading tools might be researched, developed, applied and constantly improved in order to advance the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01