53 Interesting Ways to Assess Your Students: (6 Professional and Higher Education)

53 interesting ways to assess your students offers reflective practitioners in professional and higher education practical ways to develop broad, flexible assessment repertoires. The 53 suggestions are designed to support both assessment of learning and assessment for learning.Topics include written tasks, examinations, problem-based activities, live and authentic forms of assessment, assessment over different time scales, interpersonal aspects - such as group work, student involvement, and feedback - and quality assurance.This is the third edition. The original authors were Graham Gibbs, Sue Habeshaw, and Trevor Habeshaw. This new edition includes contributions by Victoria Burns, Gavin Brown, Robin Burrow, Kate Edwards, and Karl Nightingale.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Abstract Series information Publishers' foreword Contributors Editor's preface Introduction Choosing assessment method Chapter 1 Essays Chapter 2 Short formats Chapter 3 Projects and laboratory classes Chapter 4 Live assessment Chapter 5 Problem-based assessments Chapter 6 Authentic assessment Chapter 7 Assessment over time Chapter 8 Assessing groupwork Chapter 9 Examinations Chapter 10 Involving students in the assessment process Chapter 11 Feedback to students Chapter 12 Other considerations.

About the Author :
Dr Victoria Burns, School of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK (volume editor) with: Dr Gavin Brown, School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK; Dr Robin Burrow, Business School, The University of Buckingham, UK; Dr Kate Edwards, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia; Dr Karl Nightingale, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK

Review :
'This publication raises important questions about the extent to which assessment is considered as an intrinsic element of preparation for teaching. It should be essential reading for all involved in teaching and lecturing.' - Dr Colin Conner, formerly Senior Lecturer, University of Cambridge // `II highly recommend that lecturers at any stage of their career take time to look at '53 interesting ways to assess your students'. Although I suspect many of its readers will be academics at the beginning of their careers I particularly hope it will challenge experienced lecturers who have long relied on traditional staples such as unseen exams and set essays to see the rich possibilities of assessment.' - Dr John Canning, Senior Lecturer in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Brighton (http://johncanning.net/)