Optimising New Modes of Assessment
. Ed(S): Segers, Mien; Dochy, Filip; Cascallar, Eduardo
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Description for Optimising New Modes of Assessment
Hardback. Addresses conceptual and practical issues from a research perspective. This title, based on research results, provides solutions to practical applications. Editor(s): Segers, Mien; Dochy, Filip; Cascallar, Eduardo. Series: Innovation and Change in Professional Education. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKD; JNMT; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 247 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
French novelist Marcel Proust instructs us that, “a voyage of discovery consists, not of seeking new landscapes, but of seeing through new eyes.” Nowhere in the practice of education do we need to see through new eyes than in the domain of assessment. We have been trapped by our collective experiences to see a limited array of things to be assessed, a very few ways of assessing them, limited strategies for communicating results and inflexible roles of players in the assessment drama. This edited book of readings jolts us out of traditional habits of mind about assessment. An international team ... Read more
French novelist Marcel Proust instructs us that, “a voyage of discovery consists, not of seeking new landscapes, but of seeing through new eyes.” Nowhere in the practice of education do we need to see through new eyes than in the domain of assessment. We have been trapped by our collective experiences to see a limited array of things to be assessed, a very few ways of assessing them, limited strategies for communicating results and inflexible roles of players in the assessment drama. This edited book of readings jolts us out of traditional habits of mind about assessment. An international team ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
Series
Innovation and Change in Professional Education
Number of Pages
299
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402012600
SKU
V9781402012600
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Reviews for Optimising New Modes of Assessment
"This edited book of readings jolts us out of traditional habits of mind about assessment... [The authors] explore a new vision of assessment for the new millennium." Rick Stiggins, Assessment Training Institute, Portland, Oregon "...This is a book not only an assessment interested audience will find useful and informative, but all educators and educational researchers should use it ... Read more