Improving Assessment through Student Involvement: Practical Solutions for Aiding Learning in Higher and Further Education - Hardcover

Falchikov, Nancy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415308208 ISBN 13: 9780415308205

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

The assessment of students an activity central to the role of any professional in further and higher education, and is an area that is the subject of constant innovation and debate.
This book provides a scholarly account of the many facets of assessment, with a particular focus on student involvement. Peer and self-assessment are powerful assessment tools to add to the existing tutor-based methods of assessment and feedback, and this book is a comprehensive guide to the the methods and issues involved.
Practical and accessible in style, yet grounded in research and rich in evidence-based material, Improving Assessment Through Student Involvement will be valued by all FE or HE professionals wanting to enhance both the effectiveness and quality of their assessment methods.

About this title

Synopsis:

Staff developers, lecturers and researchers in both higher and further education institutions will welcome this comprehensive yet critical guide to achieving effective student involvement in assessment. Based on worldwide literature on the topic and over fifteen years of research by the author, it includes chapters on self, peer, collaborative and group assessment and feedback, as well as taking a look at key issues such as reliability, viability and maintenance of quality. Problems associated with student involvement are also explored and practical solutions that can be implemented are discussed. This highly accessible book is grounded in day-to-day practice and is full of helpful advice, provides answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and gives suggestions for further reading throughout.

About the Author:

Dr Nancy Falchikov is a Research Fellow in the Department of Higher and Community Education , University of Edinburgh. She is also tutor on the post-graduate certificate in Learning and Teaching at Napier University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0415308208
• ISBN 13: 9780415308205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304