Assessment

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Assessment
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Assessment

• What is it ?
• Why assess and for whom?
• How should we assess?
• When should we assess?
• What is the desired outcome?

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What is Assessment?

• Summative
• progression
• certification, awards, reward
• grading, classification
• Formative
• learning
• knowledge, skills
• feedback
• incentives

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Why Assess?

• For staff to monitor progress
• Does assessment meet learning objectives?
• Understanding
• Knowledge
• Application

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Why Assess?

• For students to monitor progress
• Motivate
• Provide feedback
• Indicate standards

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How should we Assess?

• What does each form of assessment test?
• Essays
• Assignments
• Tests
• Examination
• Presentations

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Good Assessment

• Should .
• be transparent
• provide a clear procedure
• offer direction and reassurance
• encourage discussion
• promote desired outcomes

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Outcomes

• Skills Development
• Understanding
• Application

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Assessing Outcomes

• Development of skills through assessment
• summative
• explicit marking criteria varying criteria
  weights
• samples for students of good and bad practice
• feedback forms
• group work
• formative
• negotiating criteria (possibly in groups)
• marking by students, with peer feedback
• class discussion
• posting students' work on intranet (anonymously)

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Effective Feedback
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Good Feedback

• Should .
• be informative
• promote reflection
• encourage dialogue
• identify expected standards
• be timely
• be sensitive
• promote self esteem
• indicate progress
• feedback and feed forward
• Marking is insufficient

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Types of Feedback

• Written detailed v summary sheet
• E mail personal and short
• Web individual or general
• Interview one-to-one
• Group workshop or tutorial
• Feedback on feedback

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Matching Assessmentand Feedback

• Essays
• Assignments
• Tests
• Examination
• Presentations

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Time-saving practices
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Marking

• Self Assessment
• E assessment
• Questions requiring mathematical or graphical
  solutions
• Presentations
• Set responses

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Links

• http//www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/benchm
  ark/statements/Economics.pdf