Download or read book 500 Tips on Assessment written by Sally Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides an aid to those in further and higher education concerned with making assessment fair, reliable, valid, efficient and effective. It contains advice for experienced and novice assessors.
Download or read book 500 Tips on Assessment written by Philip Race and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable dip-in aid for hard-pressed lecturers and teachers in further and higher education. It should be read, enjoyed and seriously considered by all those concerned about the quality and appropriateness of their assessment methods.
Download or read book 500 Tips on Assessment written by Sally Brown and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the highly successful '500 Tips' format, the authors look at the questions and problems that teachers face and provide them with practical guidance. Their advice is down-to-earth, jargon free and digestible, covering such key issues as developing strategies and structures; assessment quality control; traditional exams, vivas, multiple choice questions; assessing independent learning; self, peer and group assessment; and assessing competence and transferable skills. 500 Tips on Assessment is an invaluable dip-in aid for hard-pressed lecturers and teachers in further and higher education. It should be read, enjoyed and seriously considered by anyone concerned about the quality and appropriateness of their assessment methods.
Download or read book 500 Tips for TESOL written by Sue Wharton and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book 500 Tips for Tutors written by Philip Race and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at university and college lecturers, this stimulating resource presents hundreds of fresh, practical tips covering the entire spectrum of situations faced in teaching and learning. The structure allows you to dip in and use at your leisure.
Download or read book Assessment Clear and Simple written by Barbara E. Walvoord and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of Assessment Clear and Simple quickly became the essential go-to guide for anyone who participates in the assessment process in higher education. With the increased pressure to perform assessment to demonstrate accountability, Assessment Clear and Simple is needed more than ever. This second edition of the classic resource offers a concise, step-by-step guide that helps make assessment simple, cost-efficient, and useful to an institution. It contains effective strategies for meeting the requirements of accreditation agencies, legislatures, review boards, and others, while emphasizing and showing how to move from data to actions that improve student learning. This thoroughly revised and updated edition includes many new or expanded features, including: Illustrative examples drawn from the author's experience consulting with more than 350 institutions A basic, no-frills assessment plan for departments and for general education Tips on how to integrate portfolios and e-portfolios into the assessment process Suggestions for using rubrics and alternatives to rubrics, including doing assessment for multidisciplinary work Clear instructions on how to construct a coherent institution-wide assessment system and explain it to accreditors Ideas for assigning responsibility for general education assessment Strategies for gathering information about departmental assessment while keeping the departmental workload manageable Information on how to manage assessment in times of budgetary cutbacks Praise for the Second Edition of Assessment Clear and Simple "Walvoord's approach to assessment is wonderfully straightforward; it is also effective in facilitating faculty engagement in assessment. We've applied a number of her methods to our campus assessment efforts with success. This book makes assessment both manageable and useful in improving and enhancing student learning." Martha L. A. Stassen, director of assessment, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and president, New England Educational Assessment Network (NEEAN) "Walvoord's work clearly presents the basics for getting started in assessment of student learning while honestly addressing the complexities of assessment when driven by faculty passion for student learning. This book is a valuable resource for the novice as well as the developing experts who are leading their institutions in academic assessment." Bobbi Allen, faculty assessment director, Delta College
Download or read book 500 Tips for TESOL Teachers written by Phil Race and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1999-02-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been a growth in the number of teachers involved in teaching English as a foreign or second language. This handbook contains practical suggestions for EFL teachers, and aims to lead to ideas which can be tried out at once. Lists of useful resources and pro-formas are included.
Download or read book 500 Tips for Quality Enhancement in Universities and Colleges written by Sally Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook seeks to provide practical, realistic suggestions about how quality can be measured, maintained and improved in institutions. It is addressed to a cross-section of staff who make up colleges and universities, not just those responsible for quality audit.
Download or read book 500 Tips for Tutors written by Phil Race and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-02 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual offers tutors and teachers 500 practical suggestions covering such topics as negotiating learning agreements, helping the learner to use a mentor and helping the learner to benefit from a tutorial. The text should be beneficial to those planning new courses.
Download or read book The Lecturer s Survival Guide written by Ann Marie Mealey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serving as a comprehensive introduction to those new to teaching in higher education, this essential guide discusses pedagogical approaches that are current in higher education and the wider responsibilities of teaching within higher education. This book outlines the key aspects of navigating the role, including becoming a personal tutor and supporting the needs of a diverse student body. Readers will benefit from advice on promoting wellness, best practice while teaching and enjoying their role as they embark on their first academic job. It also underlines throughout that all lecturers need to be guided by a set of values around respect for students and the need to create learning environments that move away from any ‘ghetto’ style approaches to higher education. It suggests that our values as lecturers are key to us creating and exemplifying the much-needed ethical and just practice in our classrooms so that they mirror the kind of society we would like to live in and enable every student to feel as though they ‘belong’ at university. Written in an informative yet accessible manner, chapters explore the following: The challenges of transitioning from student to lecturer The key theories that underpin successful curriculum design Assessment and feedback as a source of empowerment within higher education teaching The need for academic personal tutoring Staying well when teaching within higher education Written for those who are new to higher education or to teaching in this setting, The Lecturer’s Survival Guide is an essential read for any higher education teacher who wishes to ensure successful teaching whilst maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Download or read book Principles and Practices of Assessment written by Ann Gravells and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2015-12-26 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a core text for anyone training to be (or working as) an assessor in the further education and skills sector. It has all the information you need to work towards the assessment units for qualifications such as: the Award, Certificate and Diploma in Education and Training, or the assessment units of the Learning and Development (TAQA) qualification. The book takes you through all the information you need to know, opening up the topic for learning in a really accessible way. Interactive activities are included throughout, and real examples of assessment in practice are included. The book also includes examples of completed assessment documents. It is a comprehensive text, covering: principles of assessment planning for assessment types and methods of assessment assessment practice giving feedback recording progress and achievement quality assurance evaluation This third edition has been updated to bring the book in-line with all qualifications that include assessing learning. This is your guide to understanding how to use assessment effectively in your teaching and assessing role.
Download or read book Assessment for Learning in Higher Education written by Kay Sambell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical guide to Assessment for Learning (AfL) in Higher Education.
Download or read book The Lecturer s Toolkit written by Phil Race and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lecturer’s Toolkit is the primary resource for all teachers in higher education, whatever their experience, who are seeking to improve their teaching skills. Developed around detailed, practical guidance on the core elements of effective teaching in HE, it is packed full of accessible advice and helpful tips. This fully updated edition covers key topics including: learning styles assessment lecturing personal management skills formative feedback large and small group teaching blended learning resource based and online learning peer observation of teaching. The Lecturer’s Toolkit is essential for anyone working towards a profesisonal qualification in teaching in higher education as well as for those who want to reflect on and develop existing skills.
Download or read book Achieving your Assessment and Quality Assurance Units TAQA written by Ann Gravells and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of the focused and comprehensive text written for TAQA learners and all trainee assessors and quality assurers is another essential support text from bestselling author Ann Gravells. The content covers all assessor and quality assurance units and is easy-to-read and clearly structured. This edition has been enhanced with new chapters; and has activities and examples to help you link theory with practice. It includes: *cross references to the qualification units and the national occupational standards; *two new chapters covering the external quality assurance role; *completed examples of templates and forms for assessors, internal and external quality assurers; *ideas for evidence that can be used towards achievement of each unit; *new bullet lists, tables and checklists. TAQA, and other assessor and quality assurer trainees will find this text both an invaluable resource for their course and useful handbook to take into practice. Please note: This book has since been updated into two books: Principles and Practices of Assessment, and Principles and Practices of Quality Assurance.
Download or read book Understanding Assessment in Primary Education written by Sue Faragher and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding assessment and being able to use it effectively is at the heart of successful primary teaching. Aware of current policy and research, this book looks at the role and purpose of assessment within education, as well as providing detailed practical guidance on the main types of classroom assessment, including formative, summative, formal and informal methods. Real classroom examples and activities illustrate the practical uses, benefits, and limitations of each form of assessment, enabling you to feel confident about implementing these strategies in your own teaching. Coverage includes: The assessment planning cycle Innovative forms of assessment, including portfolios, debates, role play and mind mapping Assessment of learners with diverse needs, including SEN and EAL The use of technology in assessment Engaging children through self-assessment and peer-assessment This is essential reading for all primary initial teacher education courses, including university-based (PGCE, PGDE, BA QTS, BEd), school-based (SCITT, School Direct, Teach First) and employment-based routes into teaching, and beginning teachers. Sue Faragher is Head of Al Basma British School, a large private school in Abu Dhabi.
Download or read book Computer assisted Assessment of Students written by Sally Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text draws on a range of expertise to share good practice and explore new ways of using appropriate technologies in assessment. It provides a strategic overview along with pragmatic proposals for the use of computers in assessment.
Download or read book Planning and Implementing Assessment written by Freeman, Richard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title outlines a set of principles and analytical methods that can be adapted to different assessment scenarios designed to enable readers to construct their own effective methods for assessment. Guidelines for design and methods of planning, choosing and implementation are provided.
