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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Victorian clergymen
This is more ‘rant of the day’ than ‘quote of the day’ but I’d like to start with a quote from my own ‘Maths for Science’ (though I’m indebted to my co-author Pat Murphy who actually wrote this bit): ” … Continue reading
Quotes of the day
‘In other words, if students perceive a need to understand the material in order to successfully negotiate the assessment task, they will engage in deep learning but if they perceive the assessment instrument to require rote learning of information, they … Continue reading
Quote of the day
…assessment is a form of communication. This communication can be to a variety of sources, to students (feedback on their learning), to the lecturer (feedback on their teaching), to the curriculum designer (feedback on the curriculum) to administrators (feedback on … Continue reading
Is feedback a waste of time? A personal view
I’ve just found something I wrote nearly eight years ago and most of this post is a copy of it. I might draw some slightly different conclusions now, but my basic argument is unchanged. There is huge confusion about what feedback … Continue reading
Quote of the day
I’ve blogged before about Snyder’s (1971) ‘Hidden curriculum’ ( click here). But looking in more detail, on page 120, we have ‘so many students in colleges and universities…get their rewards from grades on papers they have written and not from the … Continue reading
Quote of the day
I’m reading for the literature review for my PhD, so expect some gems in the next week or so! In searching for more information about the background to our use of interactive computer-marked assessment at the Open University I came … Continue reading