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Category Archives: quality
Revolution or evolution?
I seem to have taken part in a lot of discussions recently in which I, or others, have talked about the need for a real ‘shake-up’ of what we do in assessment. It is indeed depressing that we continue to … Continue reading
Poor quality assessment – inescapable and memorable
David Boud famously said ‘Students can, with difficulty, escape from the effects of poor teaching, they cannot (by definition if they want to graduate) escape the effects of poor assessment.’ Boud, D. (1995) Assessment and learning: contradictory or complementary? In … Continue reading
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Not like Moses
One of the joys of trying to catch up with others who have been working in the field of assessment for much longer than me is finding books and articles that were written some time ago but which still seem pertinent today. … Continue reading
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Is it worth the effort?
I’m taking a short break from reporting findings from my analysis into student engagement with short-answer free-text questions to reflect on a couple of things following the HEA UK Physical Sciences Centre workshop on ‘More effective assessment and feedback’ at … Continue reading
Writing good interactive computer-marked assessment questions
I run a lot of workshops trying to help colleagues to write good e-assessment questions. There are usually lots of brilliant ideas in the workshop, but somehow we end up slipping back into using lots of multiple choice questions because … Continue reading
Do we know what we mean by ‘quality’ in e-assessment?
This was the topic of my roundtable at the Earli/Northumbria Assessment Conference and I am very grateful to the 10 people who attended one of the two wonderful discussions we had on the topic. The obvious answer is that, no, … Continue reading