Improving student engagement and development through assessment : theory and practice in higher education / edited by Lynn Clouder. [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clouder, Deanne Lynn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Evaluation.

Education, Higher.

Motivation in education.

Educational tests and measurements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With a unique focus on the relationship between assessment and engagement this book explores what works in terms of keeping students on course to succeed. Against a backdrop of massification and the associated increase in student diversity there is an escalating requirement for personalized, technology driven learning in higher education. In addition, the advent of student fees has promoted a consumer culture resulting in students having an increasingly powerful voice in shaping curricula to their own requirements. How does one engage and retain a group of students of such diverse cu

Contents:

1. Student views on assessment / Alex Bols

2. Trained for the high jump ; asked to do the long jump : does first year assessment promote retention? / Anthony Cook

3. Exploring new students' conceptions of engagement and feedback / Ed Foster, Jane McNeil and Sarah Lawther

4. Helping them succeed : the staff-student relationship / Christine Broughan and David Grantham

5. Evaluating assessment practices : the academic staff perspective / Frances Deepwell and Greg Benfield

6. Assessment for learning / Liz McDowell

7. Finding their voice : podcasts for teaching, learning and assessment / Graham Steventon

8. Student peer mentoring for engagement and retention : challenges in community building and assessment / Heather Conboy and Richard Hall - 9. The impact of assessment and feedback processes on student engagement in a research methods module / Steve Jewell

10. Digital storytelling as an alternative assessment / Martin Jenkins and Phil Gravestock

11. Interdisciplinary assessment / Clinton Golding and Chi Baik

12. Assessing employability skills : understanding employer needs and how to engage with students / Marie Hardie and Norman Day

13. Getting the context right for good assessment practice / Lynne Hunt, Sara Hammer and Michael Sankey

14. Technology-supported assessment for retention / Ormond Simpson

15. Issues and strategies for student engagement through assessment in transnational higher education / Glenda Crosling.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-72975-5

0-203-81752-4

1-136-72976-3

9780203817520

OCLC:

846495019