What Works
Assessment
In this month's 'What Works', we will be taking a look at Assessment and Marking
Case Studies
Digging deeper into assessment grades: a case study - A good example from Dr. Martyn Stewart on using existing data to uncover practical information to improve assessment design.
Assessment Case Study Questions - These are a series of case study questions around assessment for staff to assess their knowledge and understanding of LJMU assessment procedures.Assessment Case Study Answers - Answers to the Case Studies above
What students value:
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Number Crunching:
60%
likelihood of a black student achieving a good honours degree compared to a white student
Number Crunching:
10%
increase in student satisfaction with Personal Development between level 4 and level 6
Policy in Practice:
LJMU Methods of Practice - Sections 1 & 2
Higher Education Academy (2012) - A marked improvement; transforming assessment in HE
QAA (2011) - Understanding assessment and its role in safeguarding academic standards in HE
Programme Assessment Strategies Project (PASS) - How to design an effective, efficient, inclusive and sustainable assessment strategy
What's Hot?
HEFCE (2013) Non-continuation rates at English HEIs
Jessop et al (2013) The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: a large scale study of students' learning in response to different programme assessment patterns
Resources:
Sadler (2009) Indeterminancy in the use of preset criteria for assessmsent and grading
Bloxham (2009) Marking and moderation in the UK - false assumptions and waster resources
Yorke (2010) How finely grained does summative assesssment need to be?
Smith (2011) Examinations and the ESL student - more evidence of particular disadvantages
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