Assessing Student Learning in Higher Education - 9780415162265

Taylor & Francis

Assessing Student Learning in Higher EducationAuthor(s): George A Brown, Joanna Bull, Malcolm Pendlebury\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415162265, 978-0415162265\nSynopsis\nThere is no doubt about the importance of assessment: it defines what students regard as important, how they spend their time and how they come to see themselves - it is a necessary part of helping them to learn.\nThis text provides background research on different aspects of assessment. Its purpose is to help lecturers to refresh their approach to the assessment of student learning.\nIt explores the nature of conventional assessment such as essays and projects, and also considersless widely used approaches such as self- and peer-assessment. There are also chapters devoted to the use of IT, the role of external examiners and the introduction of different forms of assessment.\nWith guidelines, suggestions, examples of practice and activities,.