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Innovative assessment

Academic literacy and communicating assessment to students on L1 Science Modules

  • Claire KoteckiPrithvi Shrestha

    • This project aimed to understand assessment and how it is communicated to students in Level 1 Science with application across STEM subjects.

    June 2015 to August 2019

    Associate lecturer and student views of Science Faculty feedback processes

  • Sally JordanSarah AllmanClaire Rostron

    • This project was funded by the OU's Study Experience Programme New Models of Assessment and Tuition Project.

    January 2014 to October 2014

    How students’ use of language relates to learning, retention and performance in assessment on TU100

  • John WoodthorpeJim Donohue

    • This project built on previous work between MCT and WELS (formally FELS) on language use and student attainment at level 1, including in the production of TU100.

    December 2013 to May 2016

    Thresholded assessment: does it work?

  • Sally Jordan

    • Many Science Faculty modules have moved from their previous summative continuous assessment to formative but thresholded continuous assessment. The aim of the project was to evaluate this Faculty-wide change in practice.

    May 2013 to September 2014

    Evaluation of assessed collaborative wiki activity and comparison with similar collaborative online activities in other contexts

  • Janet Haresnape

    • This project centres around an online collaborative activity which was adapted from a face-to-face tutorial activity developed for students on S366 (Evolution).  In the activity, students each provided data, and suggestions about its interpretation, by contributing to a series of wiki pages.  The

    August 2011 to February 2017

    Assessing 'alternative media' elements: is there a generic model?

  • Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui

    • Nowadays, new digital technologies provide educators with increasingly diverse opportunities for assessing students’ understanding through media other than conventional text – for example web pages, videos, posters, PowerPoint presentations, podcasts and graphics, all of which can be submitted el

    April 2011 to January 2013

    Transforming retention and progression in a new Level 1 course

  • Chris Dobbyn

    • This project was set up to evaluate the effectiveness of the models of assessment devised for the new Level 1 course, TU100: My Digital Life. Assessments and tutor guides based on novel models had been prepared by a small group of staff, including the investigators.

    June 2011 to May 2014

    ArguEd Argumentation Education

  • Paul Piwek

    • This project investigated the use of the argument mapping technique for helping Computing and Technology students with developing their argument analysis skills. The focus was on scaffolding of these skills through interactive computer-marked assessment.

    June 2011 to March 2014

    The use of peer assessment/review in distance teaching via the Moodle VLE

  • Peter Taylor

    • This project undertook an investigation of the use of peer assessment in distance teaching. After reviewing evidence from within and outside the institution a number of pilot studies were undertaken. The Workshop tool in the Moodle VLE was evaluated.

    April 2011 to September 2014

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