Assessment of Improving the Quality
Practical exams and assessments are a step toward improving the quality of education. Practical exams are also helpful for employers as they can use them to assess the quality of potential employees.
Instructor Assessment Feedback Should be About Helping Students
Feedback should never shame students or make them fear trying. It should also not be used to admonish students or for teachers to grandstand. Feedback should be about helping students progress in their learning. It’s hard to imagine how a demotivated student can successfully achieve this!
The risks associated with relying on single high-stake exams
The role of the teacher is to provide a valuable, relevant learning environment in which students are fully engaged in their learning. Teachers at all levels should be facilitating that learning process and a significant part of that process is providing feedback to students about their learning to help them improve.
The Highs and Lows of Student Group Assessment
Students tend to loathe group assessment! Instructors tend towards ambivalence. Academic policy makers and employers see it as a crucial part of the higher education experience. Practically all higher education…
Higher Education Institutions Need to More Effectively Articulate the Relevance of Graduate Attributes to Their Students
There is an abundance of data available, which provides convincing evidence about what employers really expect their employees to have in the way of skills and attributes. They Need Generic…