Assessing Skills and Practice outlines how to ensure fair, consistent and reliable assessment of practical activities. With a particular focus on formative feedback and its role in helping students to understand what is required of them, this guide is packed with advice, examples and case studies covering the key areas, including: assessing across the arts, humanities and sciences – from labwork and clinical practice to dance assessing oral work using feedback ensuring inclusive and fair assessment. This volume is an ideal introduction for new or part-time lecturers and will also be valued by experienced teachers who are new to this area of assessment or who want to improve their current practice.
Author(s): Ruth Pickford; Sally Brown
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 160
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series-Title......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 10
Series-Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Introduction: Assessing skills and practise: key issues......Page 18
1 The importance of good practical assessment design......Page 22
2 Assessing practical skills: The value of formative assessment......Page 34
3 Ensuring equivalence of experience for disabled students......Page 46
4 Assessing diverse students fairly......Page 60
5 Fostering independent learning: Assessing self-and time-management skills......Page 68
6 Assessing presentations and other oral work......Page 80
7 Assessing practical skills in laboratories......Page 90
8 Assessing the production of artefacts in the studio and workshop......Page 104
9 Assessing live performance......Page 112
10 Assessing process......Page 120
11 Using other stakeholders to assess students achievement......Page 134
12 Assessing skills and practice: The values that underpin our approach......Page 144
Bibliography and further reading......Page 146
Index......Page 154
