Assessment

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Assessment

• Nina Becket

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Purpose of This Session

• To discuss and find out about
• Experience of assessing students
• Current issues in assessment in HE
• Sources providing information about assessment

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The Context

• More students and more diverse student body
• Fewer resources time and staff
• Cost of assessment
• Desire to increase formative assessment
• Feedback to students
• QAA requirements
• Fair assessment for all students
• Links between learning outcomes, assessment and
  feedback to students

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Assessment in HLST

• Constructive alignment
• Predominance of written assessment
• Minimising plagiarism
• Assessing group work
• Using realistic work environments

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• Why do you assess your students?
• How do you assess your students?
• What determines how you assess your students?
• What are the issues for you in assessing your
  students?

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Resources

• www.hlst.heacademy.ac.uk case studies, LINK
  newsletters, the event archive, pedagogic
  research projects, assessment benchmarking
  information.
• www.heacademy.ac.uk supporting learning
  section, the SENLEF project and other subject
  centres
• www.qaa.ac.uk code of practice and framework
  for higher education qualifications, subject
  benchmark statements
• www.natdisteam.ac.uk supporting disabled
  students including the Special Educational Needs
  Disability Act