1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457452803321

Autore

Knight Peter <1950->

Titolo

Assessment, learning and employability [[electronic resource] /] / Peter T. Knight, Mantz Yorke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-95431-0

9786610954315

0-335-22605-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

YorkeMantz

Disciplina

378.1660941

Soggetti

Education - Evaluation

Educational tests and measurements - Great Britain

Academic achievement - Testing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Chapter 06; Chapter 07; Chapter 08; Chapter 09; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What is assessed gets attention: what is not assessed does not. When higher education is expected to promote complex achievements in subject disciplines and in terms of 'employability', problems arise: how are such achievements to be assessed?. In the first part of the book, it is argued that existing grading practices cannot cope with the expectations laid upon them, while the potential of formative assessment for the support of learning is not fully realised. The authors argue that improving the effectiveness of assessment depends on a well-grounded appreciation of what assessment is, and wh



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910438050903321

Titolo

IAENG transactions on engeineering technologies : special volume of the World Congress on Engineering 2012 / / Gi-Chul Yang, Sio-Iong Ao, Len Gelman, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

9789400761902

9400761902

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (763 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in electrical engineering ; ; 229

Altri autori (Persone)

YangGi-Chul

AoSio-Iong

GelmanLen

Disciplina

620

Soggetti

Engineering - Technological innovations

Engineering - Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Topics Covered Include Applied and Engineering Mathematics -- Computational Statistics -- Mechanical Engineering -- Bioengineering -- Internet Engineering -- Wireless Networks -- Knowledge Engineering -- Manufacturing Engineering and Industrial Applications.

Sommario/riassunto

This book contains fifty-eight revised and extended research articles written by prominent researchers participating in the Advances in Engineering Technologies and Physical Science conference, held in London, U.K., 4-6 July, 2012. Topics covered include Applied and Engineering Mathematics, Computational Statistics, Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, Internet Engineering, Wireless Networks, Knowledge Engineering, Computational Intelligence, High Performance Computing, Manufacturing Engineering, and industrial applications. The book offers the state of art of tremendous advances in engineering technologies and physical science and applications, and also serves as an excellent reference work for researchers and graduate students working on engineering technologies and physical science and applications.