Innovative and Inclusive Assessment Examples

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Innovative and Inclusive Assessment Examples

• Dr Geraldine ONeill
• UCD Centre for Teaching and Learning

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What is Inclusive Assessment? Thinking
about assessment and the students differently.

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Inclusive Assessment

• Universal design refers to the design and
  composition of an environment so that it can be
  accessed, understood and used to the greatest
  extent possible by all people, regardless of
  their age, size or disability.
• (Disability Act, 2005)

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• Disabled Students

• All Students

Contingency Approach special arrangements such
as extra time, own room, etc.) which is
essentially a form of assimilation into an
existing system
Inclusive approach (e.g., a flexible range of
assessment modes made available to all) capable
of assessing the same learning outcomes
in different ways.
Systematic Innovation and Choice for all
Innovation
SPACE Project http//www.plymouth.ac.uk/files/ext
ranet/docs/SWA/1.20Introduction.pdf
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Some innovative assessments examples (Nightingale et al, 1996 ONeill, Huntley-Moore, Race, 2007) Some innovative assessments examples (Nightingale et al, 1996 ONeill, Huntley-Moore, Race, 2007)
Thinking critically making judgements Critical Incident analysisCritical evaluation of research literatureCritique of current concernReflective Journal writing (Case No 11) Performing procedures Use of computer softwareUsing videoObjective Structured Clinical AssessmentMastery AssessmentSelf paced assessment of lab skills
Solving problems/developing plans Modified essay question SimulationGroup Poster (Case No 18) Objective Structured Clinical Assessment Managing/developing oneself Learning ContractsThe Triple Jump PortfoliosSelf Assessment (Case No 24) Autobiography Reflective JournalsPeer Assessment (Case No 13) Group/Individual ProjectsPeer Tutoring
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Some innovative assessments examples (Nightingale et al, 1996 ONeill, Huntley-Moore, Race, 2007) Some innovative assessments examples (Nightingale et al, 1996 ONeill, Huntley-Moore, Race, 2007)
Demonstrating knowledge/understanding Modified Tutorial QuestionDiagram SheetsProject Report/ EssayMultiple Choice QuestionsTest and Quizzes (Case No 21) Practical ExamsIn-class mini-tests (Case No 9) Designing/creating Design ProjectsGroup Projects Authentic tasks (Case No 1) Participation in competitionDesign and Build projectLearning Contracts Portfolios
Accessing/managing information Library Research assignment (Case No 3) Self Assessment ScheduleDeveloping a Data BasePeer assessmentDesign a web page Communicating ChecklistSelf EvaluationPortfolioOn-line discussion (Case No 2) Assessing Class ParticipationAssessing a Formal PresentationPosters Public Displays
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One step further Innovative and Inclusive
Assessment for All students
MODULE ASSESSMENT CHOICE
Learning Outcomes
Assessment Criteria
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An Example University of Plymouth (Eastbrook,
Parker Waterfield, 2005 SPACE project
http//www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/pdfs/Resource/as
sessmentchoice.pdf)
MODULE ASSESSMENT CHOICE
Module Behaviour of Structures (School of
Engineering) (n 146 students, 14 disabled
students)
Assessment Criteria
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Move, not just to innovative, but to inclusive
assessment
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References

• Barton, L. (2003) Inclusive Education and
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  Discourse of Delusion, Professorial Lecture,
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•  Brown, G., Bull, J., and Pendlebury, M. (1997)
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• Elton, L. and Johnston, B. (2002) Assessment in
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• Heywood, J. (2000) Assessment in higher
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• Nightingale, P., Te Wiata, I., Toohey, S., Ryan,
  G., Hughes, C., and Magin, D. (1996) Assessing
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  New South Wales Press.
• SPACE Project - Inclusive Assessment (2009)
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• Rose, D. and Meyer, A. (2000) Universal Design
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•  Stuart, M. (2005) What price inclusion? Debates
  and discussions about learning and teaching to
  widen participation, in Layer, G. Closing the
  Equity Gap. The impact of widening participation
  strategies in the UK and the USA NIACE Leicester
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