Assessing Competence Based Programmes and Modules
Assessing Competence Based Programmes and Modules The methods of assessment and ways of giving feedback to students are key parts of the design of your programme. There should be a clear link between how students are assessed and taught....
Developing University Students’ Assessment Literacy Theory and Practice: A guide for university staff
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Encouraging students to use feedback.
Encouraging students to use feedback. Academic staff frequently express concern that they have spent a lot of time producing written feedback about students’ assessment submissions, but that their students seem to either not read it, or to ignore it. Students’...
Assessment feedback primer
Assessment feedback This primer explains the rationale for assessment feedback needing to be TAFFSDBoEC – Timely Actionable Forward-Facing Supportive Developmental Based on Evidencing Competence. It is aimed at anyone involved in the design and use of assessment at university. How...
The ‘Hidden Curriculum’ – a short primer
Short primer – the ‘hidden curriculum’ The term ‘hidden curriculum’ was first suggested in 1968, in reference to schools; frequently there were unwritten rules and institutional expectations that some learners were unaware of. These could negatively impact their achievement. In...