Hi
The thought of providing "detailed" individual written or oral examination
feedback is frightening
Yes, feedback is obviously important in any assessment exercise. However,
wouldn't it be better if a student had an idea on leaving an examination of
what their expected grade would be?
This can only be achieved by students understanding EXACTLY what they are
being assessed upon in the examination. It is often not only content but
style, presentation and essay writing skills.
Out of interest does anyone actually "teach" examination technique within
their undergraduate programme of study?
With the increased use of CAA and other forms of summative assessment,
particularly at the early stages of a programme of study, where do the
students learn how to write essay type answers, especially in technical
subjects?
Phil Davies
School of Computing
University of Glamorgan
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From: Ann Barlow [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 9:47 AM
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Subject: Re: examination feedback
Hi,
As study skills advisers we see a large number of students who
would like to improve their exam technique - some because they've
failed, others because they are anxious about their perfomance.
Most of them will not have had any specific feedback on their
performance. Very few of them will have had general feedback
because exams happen at the end of a taught course. By the time
they've been marked the students are no longer seeing those
course tutors. Requests for feedback are not generally responded
to positively.
It is much easier for us to give constuctive advice when the student
has had some feedback so this is an area which we are looking
into at the moment and flagging up with tutors. We would very
much like to see mechanisms in place for students to have
feedback from exams - our current structure makes it difficult so
it's useful for me to hear about places that have a policy on this.
Thanks Andy for raising the issue.
Ann
Ann Barlow,
Learning Support Co-ordinator,
Student Services,
the Manchester Metropolitan University,
All Saints,
MANCHESTER M15 6BH
Tel: 0161 247 3492
fax: 0161 247 6852
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
www.mmu.ac.uk/lsu
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