Assessment in Higher Education - Politics, Pedagogy, and Portfolios

List of contents

Introduction
Testing, Anyone? Rhetoric and Realities
Dehumanizing Norms
Qualitative Program Assessment: From Tests to Portfolios
Portfolios and the Individual Student: Assessing for Learning
Making Sense: Teaching and Classroom Assessment
Final Words: Look Out Below
Appendix A: Grid for Reading
Appendix B: GCP Assessment Project Outcomes and Findings
Appendix C: Information Sheet for Students
Appendix D: Information Sheet for Advisors
Bibliography
Index

About the author

PATRICK L. COURTS is Professor of English at the State University of New York at Fredonia. He is author of The Creative Word and has published numerous articles on literacy.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Courts, Courts Patrick L., Kathleen McInerney
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.1993
• EAN: 9780275944278
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94427-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 312 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, universities, Higher education, tertiary education, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Current Events and Issues: Education