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Assessment, especially in the first year of higher education: old principles in new wrapping?
Lancaster University
This paper is intended to prompt discussion during the on-line REAP conference. The main (but not exclusive) emphasis is on the first year student experience, in which the challenges of transition in to higher education point firmly to the greater importance of formative assessment than summative assessment. Formative and summative assessment may be considered as mutually exclusive categories: however, the distinction between the two assessment is fuzzy and often ambiguous, and in any case sudents may- for a variety of reasons- concentrate on a summative grade and give little attention to the formative feedback that may have been provided.
Lancaster University
This paper is intended to prompt discussion during the on-line REAP conference. The main (but not exclusive) emphasis is on the first year student experience, in which the challenges of transition in to higher education point firmly to the greater importance of formative assessment than summative assessment. Formative and summative assessment may be considered as mutually exclusive categories: however, the distinction between the two assessment is fuzzy and often ambiguous, and in any case sudents may- for a variety of reasons- concentrate on a summative grade and give little attention to the formative feedback that may have been provided.
Author Mantz Yorke
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Date added 19/11/2007
Beyond the Honours Degree Classification: the Burgess Group Final Report
Universities UK
The UK honours degree is a robust and highly-valued qualification. It is the core product of the UK higher education system. This report considers the honours degree classification system, which measures a student's performance on an undergraduate honours degree programme. All UK higher education institutions use the same classification momenclature which is almost universally applied to honours degrees.
Universities UK
The UK honours degree is a robust and highly-valued qualification. It is the core product of the UK higher education system. This report considers the honours degree classification system, which measures a student's performance on an undergraduate honours degree programme. All UK higher education institutions use the same classification momenclature which is almost universally applied to honours degrees.
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Date added 20/11/2007
Efficient assessment of portfolios
The Open University
The tradition, in some professions, of juding performance partly on the basis or portfolios, has spread. The possiblity of creating e-portfolios is adding zest to this interest. However, the educational appeal of portfolios and consideration of different platforms for e-portfolios, have eclipsed consideration of assessment costs.
The Open University
The tradition, in some professions, of juding performance partly on the basis or portfolios, has spread. The possiblity of creating e-portfolios is adding zest to this interest. However, the educational appeal of portfolios and consideration of different platforms for e-portfolios, have eclipsed consideration of assessment costs.
Portfolios are know to be hard to assess with any degree of reliability and expensive to assess. Attempts to increase realiability multiply costs.
Author Janet Strivens
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Date added 11/04/2007
Getting Started with Personal Development Planning
University of Wolverhampton
University of Wolverhampton
Author Megan Lawton
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Email M.J.Lawton@wlv.ac.uk
Date added 08/08/2007
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Investing in our Future
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Britain's higher education is a major contributor to the economic success and social well being of the country. Higher education is a national asset, whose excellence in teaching and research is world recognised. Better educated and more highly skilled people are more likely to be in work, earn more and contribute more productively to our economy and society. Knowledge and skills provide people with their surest way into work and prosperity, helping eradicate the causes of poverty and division.
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Britain's higher education is a major contributor to the economic success and social well being of the country. Higher education is a national asset, whose excellence in teaching and research is world recognised. Better educated and more highly skilled people are more likely to be in work, earn more and contribute more productively to our economy and society. Knowledge and skills provide people with their surest way into work and prosperity, helping eradicate the causes of poverty and division.
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Date added 24/06/2008
Measuring and Recording Student Achievement
Universities UK
Report of the Group (The Burgess Group 2004)
Universities UK
Report of the Group (The Burgess Group 2004)
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Date added 01/05/2007
PDP and the development of students creative potential
Summary of a survey of practitioner views.
Results from a survey undertaken with the PDP UK Network.
Summary of a survey of practitioner views.
Results from a survey undertaken with the PDP UK Network.
Author Norman Jackson
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Date added 01/12/2006
Progress files- are we achieving our Goals?
The Centre for Recording Achievement & The Higher Education Academy
The Centre for Recording Achievement & The Higher Education Academy
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Date added 01/12/2006
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Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)
Revised guidelines on the HE Progress File (February 2001)
Revised guidelines on the HE Progress File (February 2001)
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Date added 31/01/2007
Skills and Employability at Queen Mary Past, Present and Future
The presentation from the CRA General Meeting held on the 19th February at Queen Mary, University of London.
The presentation from the CRA General Meeting held on the 19th February at Queen Mary, University of London.
Author Graham Thomas
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Date added 01/10/2007
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