Hello SEDA colleagues
on the same theme as John Casey, have a look at the FDTL5 project: 'Towards
Learning Creatively'. Plenty of information on assessment.
http://www.creativeassessment.org.uk/default_new.asp
Regards
Liam
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Dear SEDA Colleagues
Following on from Bridget's mail, yes a very interesting discussion indeed,
and in connection with Bridget's comments I would like to draw your
attention to the outputs of the SPACE project
Inclusive Assessment in Higher Education: A Resource for Change
which is available from this web address:
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=10494
Although about catering for disabled students, I found a lot of useful
stuff in there about assessment in general that gave me a lot to think
about.
Best Wishes
John
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On 23 Nov 2009, at 09:26, Bridget Middlemas wrote:
Dear SEDA colleagues
What an interesting discussion re exam questions … it’s also
important to consider things like readability / size of font / choice
of font / clarity of print etc for any students with reading
difficulties ( e.g. visually impaired or dyslexic) and to make sure
that there is a good & accessible electronic version available as
well, which can be read by screen reader software.
Many students are so frustrated by exam papers printed out in Times
New Roman, size 9 font, single spaced etc etc.
If you’re not sure about the wording of the questions, always check
with some colleagues first.
Kind regards
Bridget
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Dear Alison
This is a dangerous road to tread. Some years ago I was involved in
producing snapshots of four 'poor' teaching styles (many SEDA members have
probably seen the video): on one occasion I was showing these to
Mathematicians and had to prevent the Head of Department from walking out
because the scenarios were 'ridiculous'. However, when he saw the fourth
exemplar of poor practice he thought that this was showing how it should
be done! Whislt I still remain hesitant about trying to portray the
'perfect' lecture - it depends on so many contextual variables - that one
experience taught me caution in using examples of 'bad' practice!
Sincerely
Bland
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I am preparing a 1hr workshop which aims to give helpful hints and tips
to new academic lecturers about how to write good essay and exam
questions. I am looking for some examples of *poor* questions, that might
include, for example, ambiguity, double questions, contradictions, etc.
that I can use as (perhaps even amusing) examples of poor practice. I
would also be interested to hear any hints and tips that people belonging
to this network might want to convey if they were in my place.
Contributions would be very welcome.
Many thanks
Alison
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