Testing times : the uses and abuses of assessment / Gordon Stobart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stobart, Gordon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational tests and measurements--Evaluation.

Educational tests and measurements.

Physical Description:

218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Summary:

This book argues that assessment shapes how we see ourselves and how we learn. At a time when people are labelled in terms of their ability, learning styles or achievement, the book takes a hard look at the rationale of these labels. It also shows how, in our test-driven culture, assessment can often undermine effective learning by encouraging shallow 'for-the-test' learning and by treating test results as an end in themselves.

In Testing Times, the author explores how we can develop assessments which generate deeper learning and which can play a constructive role in creating our identities as people and learners. Examining the purposes and consequences of assessment, he critically examines high-profile uses such as: IQ and ability testing, Multiple intelligences, emotional intelligence, Learning styles, Accountability testing and credential seeking, Formative assessment. This accessible and provocative book will be of great interest to educational professionals, academics and researchers.

Contents:

Assessing assessment

Intelligence testing : how to create a monster

The resistance movement : multiple and emotional intelligences

The lure of learning styles

The diploma disease : still contagious after all these years?

The long shadow of accountability

Reasons to be cheerful : assessment for learning

Reclaiming assessment : becoming responsible for who we are.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [198]-212) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780415404747

0415404746

9780415404754

0415404754

OCLC:

170203159