Assessment for Learning

1. Assessment for Learning Module 4 Week 1 Dr Carol Azumah Dennis University of Hull

2. Assessment of Learning Module 4 Week 1 Dr Carol Azumah Dennis University of Hull

3. Assessment as Learning Module 4 Week 1 Dr Carol Azumah Dennis University of Hull

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5. What is assessment? • Why do we assess? • Personal experience of assessment • Assessment within the course Dr Carol Azumah Dennis University of Hull

6. Outcomes • Evaluate the purpose and effectiveness of different approaches to assessment; justify their use in your own practice • Analyse theories, principles and applications of formal and informal assessment; interpret their significance for your role and context Dr Carol Azumah Dennis University of Hull

7. Evaluatethe purpose and effectiveness of different approaches to assessment;justifytheir use in your own practice • Analysetheories, principles and applications of formal and informal assessment; interprettheir significance for your role and context Dr Carol Azumah Dennis University of Hull

8. It is an aspect of learning, a non-judgmental process of checking whether or not certain purposes have been attained. When, how, where, and what we assess, and the degree of formality will be varied. But assessment will always be a process of checking the depth, nature and content of student learning. Do you agree? What’s wrong with this definition?

10. Why assess • Consider an assessment you have conducted with your learners. • What determined the timing (duration and moment) of the assessment activity • What form did the assessment take: why? • What form did feedback (to learners) take? • What will you change as a result of this assessment experience? Dr Carol Azumah Dennis University of Hull

11. Why do we assess? • What learning has taken place • Diagnosing learning needs • Certificating • Selection (or social regulation) • Evaluating programmes • Motivating and encouraging students Dr Carol Azumah Dennis University of Hull

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13. What do these different stakeholders want from assessment? Dr Carol Azumah Dennis University of Hull

14. Assessment: who’s who? The Assessor The Government Policy • Peers • External Examiner The awarding body Local Community • Students • Teachers The local institution Employers Funding Organisations Dr Carol Azumah Dennis University of Hull

15. What documents • Who's is involved in the assessment process ? What documentation might be associated with each stakeholder? Dr Carol Azumah Dennis University of Hull