Advances and Innovations in University Assessment and Feedback

Carolin Kreber; Charles Anderson; Noel Entwistle; Jan McArthur

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2014

Advances and Innovations in University Assessment and Feedback

Carolin Kreber , Charles Anderson , Noel Entwistle and Jan McArthur

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748694556

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About this book

Uses theory and empirical research to explore changing perspectives and innovations in assessment

Our understanding of the purposes of assessment and the nature of assessment practices in higher education has changed markedly over the past forty years. These changes are a response not only to recent developments in our conceptualisations of student learning but also to the demands a rapidly changing and increasingly complex world places on students. This book contains new perspectives on assessment and feedback provided by world renowned researchers on issues that are currently of great interest to both academic managers and teaching staff, as they try to make courses more effective and more appealing at a time when universities compete for incoming students. Rather than simply sharing recent inventions in assessment and feedback, the contributors to this book highlight the linkages between these innovations and new theorising and empirical research on assessment and student learning, thereby offering practices that are not only pioneering but evidence-based.

Key Features

Provides a historical overview of assessment and feedback in universities showing how our understanding of assessment practices has changed over the years, both in response to new conceptualisations of learning and the changing nature of society
Contains new perspectives of assessment and feedback provided by world renowned researchers on issues that are currently of great interest to both academic managers and teaching staff
Reports on recent innovations in assessment practices in higher education
Engages critically with recent research on assessment and feedback offering evidence-based conclusions

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Introduction Noel Entwistle, Carolin Kreber, Charles Anderson and Jan McArthur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART A CHANGING PERSPECTIVES ON THE NATURE AND PURPOSES OF ASSESSMENT
1 Shifting Views of Assessment: From Secret Teachers’ Business to Sustaining Learning David Boud Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2 Flourishing amid Strangeness and Uncertainty: Exploring the Meaning of ‘Graduateness’ and its Challenges for Assessment Carolin Kreber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3 Assessment for Learning Environments: A Student-Centred Perspective Liz McDowell and Kay Sambell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
PART B STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK
4 Perceptions of Assessment and their Influences on Learning Noel Entwistle and Evangelia Karagiannopoulou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
5 Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions of Fairness in Assessment Telle Hailikari, Liisa Postareff, Tarja Tuononen, Milla Räisänen and Sari Lindblom-Ylänne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
6 Perceptions of Assessment Standards and Student Learning Michael Prosser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
PART C RECONCEPTUALISING IMPORTANT FACETS OF ASSESSMENT
7 Only Connect? Communicating Meaning through Feedback Charles Anderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
8 Learning from Assessment Events: The Role of Goal Knowledge D. Royce Sadler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
9 The Learning–Feedback–Assessment Triumvirate: Reconsidering Failure in Pursuit of Social Justice Jan McArthur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
PART D INNOVATIONS IN ASSESSMENT PRACTICES
10 Guiding Principles for Peer Review: Unlocking Learners’ Evaluative Skills David Nicol Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
11 Disruptions and Dialogues: Supporting Collaborative Connoisseurship in Digital Environments Clara O’Shea and Tim Fawns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
12 Understanding Students’ Experiences of Being Assessed: The Interplay between Prior Guidance, Engaging with Assessments and Receiving Feedback Velda McCune and Susan Rhind Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
Notes on the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 6 B/W tables 4 B/W line art
Keywords: Politics

eBook

Published: June 2, 2014
ISBN: 9780748694556