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The experience of innovative assessment: student perspectives
  There has been considerable diversification in the methods of assessing student learning in higher education in recent years. Few courses in the UK now rely solely on the conventional finals examinations supplemented by essays or, in scientific subjects, laboratory reports. The diversity of assessment practice is well illustrated by the survey carried out in Scotland by the ASSHE project (Hounsell et al. 1996). There are a growing number of texts from various parts of the world reviewing alternative assessment practices (for example Cross and ...

  • Date:

    01 February 1999

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Library of Congress:

    LB2300 Higher Education

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    378 Higher education

  • Funders:

    Historic Funder (pre-Worktribe)

Citation

McDowell, L., & Sambell, K. (1999). The experience of innovative assessment: student perspectives. In S. Brown, & A. Glasner (Eds.), Assessment matters in higher education : choosing and using diverse approaches, 71-82. Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)

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Keywords

Measurement, educational tests, examinations.

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