Assessing Learners in Higher Education

By - Brown, Sally , Knight, Peter

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Kogan Page, London, 1994

ISBN 10 - 0749411139

ISBN 13 - 9780749411138

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - College students--Rating of

Shelf No - 20

Call Number - 378.1671 BRO

Notes - include Reference and index

Book Information

New systems of course delivery require new methods of assessment. The shift in focus competence-based learning and the consideration of students' transferable personal skills demands assessment that is both more flexible and more searching. Drawing together research, theory and best practice, Brown and Knight explore the key issues and highlight the central position of assessment in learning, showing how, through feedback, it enables students to develop and extend themselves. The authors describe wide variety of assessment techniques and give guidance on how to use them, while the same time preparing the reader for the potential pitfalls. Topics covered in detail include principles of sound assessment, purposes of assessment, assessment on and off the page, assessment and quality, changing assessment systems, and constraints to innovation in assessment. Full of practical suggestions for continual improvement, this useful source book will be of great interest to practitioners, lecturers and staff developers in higher and further education alike.

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