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Challenging Perspectives on
Assessment
A collection of short
presentations
Assessment is at the centre of the
student's experience. It provides a means of evaluating student progress and
achievement; it drives the activity of the student and therefore their
learning.
Challenging
Perspectives on Assessment is a collection of short Web
presentations that are intended to provoke debate. Over the last few years,
those involved in developing assessment have generated some new perspectives
which, as yet, have not been fully incorporated within mainstream practice. We
would like to close that gap.
Each Web talk (http://stadium.open.ac.uk/perspectives/assessment)
is intended to be contentious but well grounded. About ten minutes long,
each introduces an idea that we hope you will pursue using the references
provided. The talks may be used by individuals or serve as catalysts for group
discussions, for example in workshops. The list includes:
Our collection is a work in
progress. Please feel free to
comment. We haven’t covered all the ground - far from it - and hope that others
might add to this collection. A recording workshop is planned for July 2006. If
you are interested, please contact Catherine Reuben COLMSCT Centre Manager for
further information ([log in to unmask]).
This work has been supported by the
Higher Education Funding Council for England via the Fund for the Development of
Teaching and Learning (FDTL) and the Centres for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning (CETL) initiative.
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Catherine
Reuben
Centre
Manager
Centre for Open
Learning of maths, science, computing and technology (COLMSCT) CETL
Science
Deanery
The Open
University
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Hall
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