Improving Student Learning Through Assessment

Editor: Chris Rust

The proceedings of the 13th Improving Student Learning symposium, held in 2005 in London.

Part I: Keynotes

  1. Assessment for learning: where is it now and where is it going? Paul Black
  2. Strange bedfellows: the interaction of student plagiarism and assessment practice Jude Carroll
  3. Looking backwards: a way to take diagnostic testing forward? Nan Yeld

Part II: Learning teaching and assessment methods

  1. Improving research as learning outcomes: responses to variation in students’ conceptions of educational research Sarah Aiston and Jan HF Meyer
  2. Cognitive styles and drawing practice Mary Davies Qona Rankin and Howard Riley
  3. Assessment as participation in practice Linda Drew and Alison Shreeve
  4. Integrated assessment of disciplinary personal and interpersonal skills – iterative development based on student responses Kristina Edström Khalid El Gaidi Stefan Hallström and Jakob Kuttenkeuler
  5. Teaching learning and assessment in higher education: the ICE Sue Fostaty Young
  6. Can we improve doctoral student learning through assessing generic and employability skills? Margaret Kiley
  7. Supporting the PhD Viva Assessment Gina Wisker Gillian Robinson Jaki Lilly Peter Hartley
  8. Constructively aligned teaching methods and their impact on students' approaches to learning and motivational orientation Romy Lawson Della Fazey and John Fazey
  9. Sustainability and survival –- analysing examination processes as conditions for students' and teachers' work in higher education Åsa Lindberg-Sand and Thomas Olsson
  10. Improving evaluation through learning journals within Art & Design Ian Thompson
  11. Interactive assessment or interactive learning: what’s the difference? Denise Whitelock and Simon Rae

Part III: Supporting learners

  1. The roles expectations and experiences of masters degree dissertation supervisors Andrew Armitage
  2. Approaches to study and the student lifeworld Peter Ashworth and Kay Greasley
  3. Nurse teachers' conceptions of nursing and their approaches to teaching undergraduate nursing students Helen Forbes and Michael Prosser
  4. A qualitative analysis of staff-student differences in understandings of assessment criteria Katherine Harrington James Elander Lin Norton Peter Reddy and Edd Pitt
  5. Developing students’- metalearning capacity: a grounded assessment framework Jan HF Meyer Martin Shanahan Lin Norton David Walters

Part IV: Diversity and inclusivity

  1. Assessment motivations and behaviours of students from non-standard backgrounds Jenny Morris

Part V: Departmental strategies

  1. Justify 66 to me! An investigation in to the social practice of agreeing marks in an HE Art and Design department. Susan Orr

Part VI: Faculty development methods and/or strategies

  1. Supporting lecturers to improve essay assessment, Ruth Pilkington

Part VII: Learning environments

  1. Learning environment and its influence on the acquisition of generic skills in biology pharmacy and life science and technology students. Ellen Jansen J Steur A van Trigt and M Ossevoort

Part VIII: Symposia

Sustainable learning: a framework for skills development and assessment, Chris Dillon

  1. Higher level skills for learning and employability Chris Dillon Catherine Reuben Linda Hodgkinson
  2. Developing and assessing generic skills in postgraduate students Lowry McComb
  3. Undergraduate skills development through discussion and self-assessment Trisha Fettes John Gillespie Linda Hodgkinson

Refocusing feedback, Stephen Swithenby

  1. Refocusing written feedback Evelyn Brown Chris Glover
  2. Using assessment within course structures to drive student engagement with the learning process John Mills Chris Glover Valda Stevens
  3. Effective feedback through overt use of criteria and target setting Colin Hughes