Excellence in University Assessment Learning From Award-Winning Practice

Assessment is an area of intense growing interest in higher education and as a result of its centrality to student learning has become a central part of the curriculum. This book is a pioneering text, which contributes to the theory and practice of assessment through detailed discussion and analysis of award-winning approaches, inspiring higher-education practitioners to improve their own practice.

The book uses a model of learning-oriented assessment to analyse the practice of university teachers who have been awarded for excellence in teaching, and critically scrutinizes these practices in order to develop key insights into key aspects of highly effective teaching, learning and assessment processes.

About the author

David Carless is Professor of Educational Assessment and Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) in the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong.

Summary

Assessment is an area of intense growing interest in higher education and as a result of its centrality to student learning has become a central part of the curriculum.

Product details

• Authors: David (University of Hong Kong) Carless, Carless David, David Carless
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.05.2015
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781138824546
• ISBN: 978-1-138-82454-6
• Pages: 270
• Subjects: Feedback, EDUCATION / General, Education, assessment, Development, EDUCATION / Professional Development, Learning, higher education, Teaching skills and techniques, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies, Photo essay, Student Engagement, Business Cases, Peer Assessment, assessment tasks, Grade Point Average, Dialogic Feedback, University Teaching Fellowship, Learning Oriented Assessment Tasks, Learning Oriented Assessment, David Carless, Effective Feedback Processes, Learning Oriented Assessment Framework, Analysing Practice, Dialogic Feedback Process, Assessment Experience Questionnaire, Student Evaluative Expertise, Tutorial Participation, Promote Student Engagement, Geology Case, Higher Order Learning Outcomes, Assessment Impacts, Common Assessment Task, Assessment Task Design, Architecture Case, Stimulate Student Engagement, Evaluative Expertise