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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