Assessing Skills and Practice

Zusatztext 'This volume is an ideal introduction for new or part-time lecturers! and will also be valued by experienced teachers who are new to this area of assessment or who want to improve their current practice.' - The Journal of the Physical Sciences Centre'This book will be widely used and valued by new and experienced faculty who will benefit from the wisdom of its authors about assessment and instructional practice.' - The Journal of the Physical Sciences Centre Informationen zum Autor Sally Brown, Ruth Pickford Klappentext Assessing Skills and Practice outlines how to ensure fair, consistent and reliable assessment of practical activities. With a particular focus on formative feedback and its role in helping students to understand what is required of them, this guide is packed with advice, examples and case studies covering the key areas, including: assessing across the arts, humanities and sciences - from labwork and clinical practice to dance assessing oral work using feedback ensuring inclusive and fair assessment. This volume is an ideal introduction for new or part-time lecturers and will also be valued by experienced teachers who are new to this area of assessment or who want to improve their current practice. Zusammenfassung Whether you are working with students who are assessed on their labwork, dance performances or clinical practice, Assessing Skills and Practice is an accessible guide that outlines how to ensure fair, consistent and reliable assessment. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Assessing live and practical skills 2. Formative assessment as a means of fostering learning 3. Ensuring equivalence of experience for diverse students 4. Assessing presentations and other oral work 5. Assessing process 6. Using other stakeholders to assess student achievement 7. Fostering independent learning 8. Assessing practical skills in labs 9. Assessing the production of artefacts in the studio and the workshop 10. Assessing live performance ...

Product details

• Authors: Sally Brown, Sally (Leeds Metropolitan University Brown, Sally (University of Stirling Brown, Sally Pickford Brown, BROWN SALLY PICKFORD RUTH, Ruth Pickford, Pickford Ruth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2006
• EAN: 9780415394000
• ISBN: 978-0-415-39400-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Key Guides for Effective Teaching in Higher Education; Key Guides for Effective Teach; Key Guides for Effective Teaching in Higher Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Classroom Management, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education