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March 29, 2017
Improving Student Engagement and Development through Assessment: Theory and practice in higher education
- Author
- Clouder,Lynn; Broughan, Christine; Jewell, Steve; and Steventon, Graham, eds.
- Publisher
- Routledge, New York, NY
- ISBN
- 9780415618205
- Table of Contents
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List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
Foreword
Introduction (Lynn Clouder and Christina Hughes)
ch. 1 Student views on assessment (Alex Bols)
ch. 2 Trained for the high jump; asked to do the long jump: does first year assessment promote retention? (Anthony Cook)
ch. 3 Exploring new students’ conceptions of engagement and feedback (Ed Foster, Jane McNeil, and Sarah Lawther)
ch. 4 Helping them succeed: the staff–student relationship (Christine Broughan and David Grantham)
ch. 5 Evaluating assessment practices: the academic staff perspective (Frances Deepwell and Greg Benfield)
ch. 6 Assessment for learning (Liz McDowell)
ch. 7 Finding their voice: podcasts for teaching, learning and assessment (Graham Steventon)
ch. 8 Student peer mentoring for engagement and retention: challenges in community building and assessment (Heather Conboy and Richard Hall)
ch. 9 The impact of assessment and feedback processes on student engagement in a research methods module (Steve Jewell)
ch. 10 Digital storytelling as an alternative assessment (Martin Jenkins and Phil Gravestock)
ch. 11 Interdisciplinary assessment (Clinton Golding and Chi Baik)
ch. 12 Assessing employability skills: understanding employer needs and how to engage with students (Marie Hardie and Norman Day)
ch. 13 Getting the context right for good assessment practice (Lynne Hunt, Sara Hammer and Michael Sankey)
ch. 14 Technology-supported assessment for retention (Ormond Simpson)
ch. 15 Issues and strategies for student engagement through assessment in transnational higher education (Glenda Crosling)
Conclusion (Christine Broughan and Steve Jewell)
Index
With a unique focus on the relationship between assessment and engagement this book explores what works in terms of keeping students on course to succeed.
Against a backdrop of massification and the associated increase in student diversity there is an escalating requirement for personalized, technology driven learning in higher education. In addition, the advent of student fees has promoted a consumer culture resulting in students having an increasingly powerful voice in shaping curricula to their own requirements. How does one engage and retain a group of students of such diverse culture, ethnicity, ambition and experience?
Using examples from a variety of institutions worldwide this edited collection provides a well-researched evidence base of current thinking and developments in assessment practices in higher education. The chapters discuss:
• Staff and student views on assessment
• Engaging students through assessment feedback
• Assessment for learning
• Assessing for employability
• Interdisciplinary and transnational assessment
• Technology supported assessment for retention
The book draws together a wealth of expertise from a range of contributors including academic staff, academic developers, pedagogical researchers, National Teaching Fellows and Centres for Excellence in Higher Education. Recognising that a pedagogy which is embedded and taken-for-granted in one context might be completely novel in another, the authors share best practice and evaluate evidence of assessment strategies to enable academic colleagues to make informed decisions about adopting new and creative approaches to assessment. This interdisciplinary text will prove an invaluable tool for those working and studying in higher education. (From the Publisher)
Against a backdrop of massification and the associated increase in student diversity there is an escalating requirement for personalized, technology driven learning in higher education. In addition, the advent of student fees has promoted a consumer culture resulting in students having an increasingly powerful voice in shaping curricula to their own requirements. How does one engage and retain a group of students of such diverse culture, ethnicity, ambition and experience?
Using examples from a variety of institutions worldwide this edited collection provides a well-researched evidence base of current thinking and developments in assessment practices in higher education. The chapters discuss:
• Staff and student views on assessment
• Engaging students through assessment feedback
• Assessment for learning
• Assessing for employability
• Interdisciplinary and transnational assessment
• Technology supported assessment for retention
The book draws together a wealth of expertise from a range of contributors including academic staff, academic developers, pedagogical researchers, National Teaching Fellows and Centres for Excellence in Higher Education. Recognising that a pedagogy which is embedded and taken-for-granted in one context might be completely novel in another, the authors share best practice and evaluate evidence of assessment strategies to enable academic colleagues to make informed decisions about adopting new and creative approaches to assessment. This interdisciplinary text will prove an invaluable tool for those working and studying in higher education. (From the Publisher)