Assessment, Learning and Employability
Peter Knight
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Paperback. Clearly set out in three specific sections, this book argues that that existing grading practices cannot cope with the expectations laid upon them, while the potential of formative assessment for the support of learning is not fully realised, discusses how institutions need to respond in policy terms to the challenges that have been posed. Series: Society for Research into Higher Education. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNKD; JNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
What is assessed gets attention: what is not assessed does not. When higher education is expected to promote complex achievements in subject disciplines and in terms of 'employability', problems arise: how are such achievements to be assessed?
In the first part of the book, it is argued that existing grading practices cannot cope with the expectations laid upon them, while the potential of formative assessment for the support of learning is not fully realised. The authors argue that improving the effectiveness of assessment depends on a well-grounded appreciation of what assessment is, and what may and may not ... Read more
What is assessed gets attention: what is not assessed does not. When higher education is expected to promote complex achievements in subject disciplines and in terms of 'employability', problems arise: how are such achievements to be assessed?
In the first part of the book, it is argued that existing grading practices cannot cope with the expectations laid upon them, while the potential of formative assessment for the support of learning is not fully realised. The authors argue that improving the effectiveness of assessment depends on a well-grounded appreciation of what assessment is, and what may and may not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Open University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Society for Research into Higher Education
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780335212286
SKU
V9780335212286
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About Peter Knight
Peter T. Knight is a Senior Lecturer at the Open University, where he advises on assessment and other curriculum issues. During his career, he has taught in primary and secondary schools and has worked at Lancaster University and St Martin's College, Lancaster. Mantz Yorke is Professor of Higher Education at Liverpool John Moores University. He has had senior management ... Read more
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