500 Tips on Assessment

Sally Brown

• 22 december 2015
• 9781138137783

Samenvatting:

An invaluable dip-in aid for hard-pressed lecturers and teachers in further and higher education. It should be read, enjoyed and seriously considered by all those concerned about the quality and appropriateness of their assessment methods.

In this completely updated edition of 500 Tips on Assessment, the authors look at the questions and the problems that teachers face and provide them with practical guidance. Their advice is down-to-earth, jargon-free and digestible, covering such key issues as:

• putting assessment into context: best practice, learning outcomes and monitoring quality of assessment
• different examination formats: traditional, open-book, open-notes, oral exams
• different assessment formats: essays, reports, practical work, presentations
• feedback and assessment
• assessing group learning.