Assessing Skills and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415393997 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 160 str.

Ruth Pickford; Sally Brown

Opis

Students in higher education today are expected to demonstrate a wide range of skills and abilities to show that they have mastered not only subject content but also the ability to put their learning into practice in real-life contexts. This book explores how university staff can assess live and practical skills fairly, effectively, efficiently and imaginatively.
Drawing on the expertise and experience of the authors and contributors through a wide range of international case studies, "Assessing Skills and Practice "provides theoretical perspectives on skills assessment. Topics discussed include:
- inclusive assessment - ensuring that all students achieve their maximum potential
- assessing across the arts, humanities and sciences - from lab work to dance
- the importance of involving all stakeholders (peers, employers, clients and tutors) in assessment
- how formative feedback helps students understand what is required of them
With pragmatic advice on implementation," Assessing Skills and Practice" is ideal as an introduction for new or part-time lecturers, and students of PGCHE programmes. It will also be valued by experienced teachers new to this area of assessment or looking to improve their current practice, as well as course leaders, managers and those working on assessment related projects.

Spis treści

1. Assessing live and practical skills  2. Formative assessment as a means of fostering learning  3. Ensuring equivalence of experience for diverse students  4. Assessing presentations and other oral work  5. Assessing process  6. Using other stakeholders to assess student achievement  7. Fostering independent learning  8. Assessing practical skills in labs  9. Assessing the production of artefacts in the studio and the workshop  10. Assessing live performance

O autorze

Sally Brown, Ruth Pickford