Mapping the Maze of Assessment: An Investigation into Practice

Autor/inn/en	Gillett, Andy; Hammond, Angela
Titel	Mapping the Maze of Assessment: An Investigation into Practice
Quelle	In: Active Learning in Higher Education, 10 (2009) 2, S.120-137 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1469-7874
DOI	10.1177/1469787409104786
Schlagwörter	Evaluation Methods; Student Evaluation; Higher Education; College Students; Lifelong Learning; Study Guides + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Studienberater; Studienführer
Abstract	This article presents the results of a preliminary survey of assessment tasks undertaken by students in higher education at a particular university. A key premise of the study was that the ability to handle assessment is central to the development of academic and professional literacy. Much of the current literature on assessment demonstrates a concern that it is not currently achieving this end. A grid of various features of assessment has been developed, onto which are mapped tasks used at all levels and within all disciplines in the institution. Considerable differences in the type and range of assessment tasks used across schools and disciplines are identified, and also a gap between the variation in tasks and the relatively narrow range of activities and techniques covered in most study skills manuals. It is argued that generic materials should broaden their base and that subject-specific material needs to be developed to accommodate the realities of lifelong learning. (Contains 7 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10