Expanding Assessment Methods and Moments in History

Autor/inn/en	Frost, Jennifer; de Pont, Genevieve; Brailsford, Ian
Titel	Expanding Assessment Methods and Moments in History
Quelle	In: Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 37 (2012) 3, S.293-304 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-2938
DOI	10.1080/02602938.2010.531247
Schlagwörter	Student Evaluation; Learning Experience; Educational Methods; History Instruction; Foreign Countries; Educational Innovation; African American History; Freedom; Classroom Observation Techniques; Program Effectiveness; Methods Research; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Historical Interpretation; Synthesis; Achievement Gains; College Outcomes Assessment; Incidence; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Lernerfahrung; Educational method; Erziehungsmethode; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Ausland; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Freiheit; Methodenforschung; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Historische Interpretation; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Vorkommen; Neuseeland
Abstract	History courses at The University of Auckland are typically assessed at two or three moments during a semester. The methods used normally employ two essays and a written examination answering questions set by the lecturer. This study describes an assessment innovation in 2008 that expanded both the frequency and variety of activities completed by 182 undergraduates taking a course on the history of African-American freedom struggles. All week-by-week tutorial assignments were collected for textual analysis to see if students were moving beyond the recollection and regurgitation of facts (surface learning) and instead were dealing with the deeper historical issues. The quality of student work coupled with our own classroom observations indicate that innovative assessment methods at regular moments during the semester made a positive difference to the student learning experience. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10