What does poor assessment do badly by Nic Bartholomew

Nic

nicola_bartholo — 2016-01-21 10:35:21 UTC

poor alignment with learning outcomes

2016-01-21 10:37:07 UTC

Assessment bears no relation to learning outcomes.

Backwash Gp

2016-01-21 10:37:17 UTC

Frustrates and demotivates. Lack of language clarity. Vagueness. Tuning out. Increases last minute.com. Mismatch to LOs and curriculum. Too limited for e.g. wider discursive critical thinking/new ideas. Encourages more strategic learners.m

Motivation

mel_moore — 2016-01-21 10:37:33 UTC

Demotivate and demoralises the student

2016-01-21 10:38:00 UTC

Doesn't assess learning

Doesn't align with the learning outcomes

mel_moore — 2016-01-21 10:38:15 UTC

2016-01-21 10:38:28 UTC

Not 'pitched' at the correct level.

Disconnects the learning activities from the assessment

mel_moore — 2016-01-21 10:38:42 UTC

2016-01-21 10:39:11 UTC

Fails to engage the students.

Students don't know why they are doing the assessment (it's just a hoop!)

mel_moore — 2016-01-21 10:39:13 UTC

2016-01-21 10:40:20 UTC

Not aligned to the delivery of teaching activities

Wrong Focus

mel_moore — 2016-01-21 10:40:38 UTC

Students focus on the poor assessment rather than the intended learning/teaching

2016-01-21 10:41:10 UTC

Lack of variety in assessment methods

Validity

mel_moore — 2016-01-21 10:41:22 UTC

raises questions about the validity of the module/programme/tutor

Workload

mel_moore — 2016-01-21 10:42:04 UTC

might lead to unnecessarily excessive workload for staff/students through over assessment.

2016-01-21 10:42:08 UTC

Assessment doesn't address strategic learners

2016-01-21 10:43:14 UTC

Assessment poorly timed e.g. bunching

2016-01-21 10:44:48 UTC

Assessment method lacks validity, reliability, stability and repeatabilty

2016-01-21 10:46:27 UTC

Assessment fails to challenge

2016-01-21 10:47:40 UTC

Marking/assessment criteria not clearly defined for student and/or tutor.

2016-01-21 10:48:36 UTC

Assessment fails to address the learning differences of the cohort

Employer Engagement

mel_moore — 2016-01-21 10:52:26 UTC

No or little stakeholder engagement in the development of authentic assessment

Professional Practice

mel_moore — 2016-01-21 10:53:41 UTC

Profession practice does not match the expectation in the real-world for vocational courses

Generic Marking Criteria

mel_moore — 2016-01-21 10:56:11 UTC

Not having specific marking criteria for the assessment

Our focus List

mel_moore — 2016-01-22 05:10:26 UTC

The red box are what we would like to explore further