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Assessment options in higher education

Assessment options in higher education
Assessment options in higher education
This article evaluates an initiative to introduce assessment choice within a taught unit on an undergraduate healthcare programme as a means of addressing poor performance, especially for those students diagnosed with dyslexia. Students' perceptions of the assessment experience were sought via the use of two focus group interviews (n = 16). The article describes the effect the assessment experience had on students' stress levels, individual learning styles and achievement. Students' performance improved and statistical analyses indicated parity between the assessment methods offered with similar performance profiles between students with and without dyslexia. The conclusion reached is that while the introduction of assessment options may be time consuming for staff to develop, the benefits of an enhanced student-centred approach to assessment may be well worth this investment in time. Although a limited study owing to the small sample size, the results should be of interest to those academics who are concerned with assessment and its impact on students' achievement
learning and assessment, student involvement, higher education, dyslexia
0260-2938
127-140
Craddock, Deborah
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Mathias, Haydn
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Craddock, Deborah
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Mathias, Haydn
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Craddock, Deborah and Mathias, Haydn (2009) Assessment options in higher education. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 34 (2), 127-140. (doi:10.1080/02602930801956026).

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This article evaluates an initiative to introduce assessment choice within a taught unit on an undergraduate healthcare programme as a means of addressing poor performance, especially for those students diagnosed with dyslexia. Students' perceptions of the assessment experience were sought via the use of two focus group interviews (n = 16). The article describes the effect the assessment experience had on students' stress levels, individual learning styles and achievement. Students' performance improved and statistical analyses indicated parity between the assessment methods offered with similar performance profiles between students with and without dyslexia. The conclusion reached is that while the introduction of assessment options may be time consuming for staff to develop, the benefits of an enhanced student-centred approach to assessment may be well worth this investment in time. Although a limited study owing to the small sample size, the results should be of interest to those academics who are concerned with assessment and its impact on students' achievement

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Published date: 18 April 2009
Keywords: learning and assessment, student involvement, higher education, dyslexia

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Local EPrints ID: 71607
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/71607
ISSN: 0260-2938
PURE UUID: 66db698c-656f-4820-835f-4fd4cbd4271a

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Date deposited: 16 Dec 2009
Last modified: 13 Mar 2024 20:33

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Author: Deborah Craddock
Author: Haydn Mathias

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