Tertiary assessment and higher education student outcomes : policy, practice and research / edited by Luanna H Meyer [and others].

"Victoria University of Wellington"--Cover.

"This book is based on papers presented at the Symposium on Tertiary Assessment and Higher Education Student Outcomes in November 2008"--Cover verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Section 1. Assessment policy and quality assurance. Overview. 1. Relativity of assessment within a modular assessment system in higher education : The case of New Zealand's NZQA framework / Boaz Shulruf, John Hattie & Sarah Turmen. 2. Reflections on postgraduate completions : Exploring links between skills and results / Kay Fielden. 3. Authentic assessment strategies from three New Zealand tertiary organisations : A rich resource / Jane Stewart, Jill Musgrave & Rosanne Matheson. 4. The reliability of essay scores : The necessity of rubrics and moderation / Gavin T.L. Brown. 5. Unit standard based assessment involving official statistics : An evaluation of four assessment tools / Murray Black. 6. An investigation of assessment policy and practice in New Zealand higher education institutions / Susan Davidson ... [et al.] -- Section 2. Research-led assessment of learning outcomes. Overview. 7. Learning-oriented assessment : princilpes, practice and a project / David Carless. 8. You let them talk in lectures? Student discussion as formative assessment / Alison Campbell. 9. Pedagogy v efficiency : The challenges of facing large classes / Grant Morris. 10. Does electronic submission and computer-assisted assessment of written work facilitate higher quality learning by students? / Gerry Rayner. 11. Do weekly online revision assessments enhance first year student pass rates? / Jim Clarke, Wilma Tielemans & Isabelle Hoong -- Section 3. Assessing graduate attributes. Overview. 13. Assessing affective attributes at all levels of higher education / Kerry Shephard. 14. Can portfolios promote quality learning? / Liz Jones. 15. A practical method for assessing critical thinking and communication / Hannah Buckley & Roddy Hale. 16. Designing assessments to support critical thinking / Martin Turner. 17. Returning to a richer landscape : The embedding of reflection in an additional language teacher education programme / Dorothy Spiller & Nicola Daly -- Section 4. Cultural and linguistic issues. Overview. 18. To the highest degree : improving outcomes for Māori students in tertiary education / Elizabeth McKinley. 19. Assessment and Chinese university students in New Zealand : The impact of perceptions of assessment types on the study habits and motivation of Chinese undergraduate students in a New Zealand university / Carolyn Tait. 20. An overview from different perspectives : Culturally competent assessment in a multi cultural environment / Tahera Afrin. 21. Reviewing culturally responsive assessment policies relating to indigenous tertiary education in very remote communities of the Northern Territory of Australia / June Slee & Brenda Keenan -- Section 5. Final words. Overview. 22. The black box of tertiary assessment : An impending revolution / John Hattie.

Also available in an electronic ed.

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