How Assessment Supports Learning: Learning-oriented Assessment in Action

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Foreword by David Boud ix Acknowledgements xi Chapter 1 Improving Assessment, Improving Learning 1 Chapter 2 A Conceptual Framework for Learning-oriented Assessment 7 Chapter 3 Assessment Practices That Promote Learning 17 RESEARCHING 1. Research paper assignments that prevent plagiarism 22 Deirdre Mary SMYTHE 2. Assessing research and writing: An integrated cycle of tasks and feedback 25 Paul STABLES 3. Assessing field-based group inquiry: Feedback and reflection 29 Joe Tin-yau LO 4. Critical incident analysis for assessment 32 Jean MORRISSEY HIGHER-ORDER THINKING 5. Using follow-up questions in written assignments 36 Rocky Yuk Keung FAN 6. Same-day feedback and analysis of assessed coursework 39 Rick GLOFCHESKI 7. Quiz-in and quiz-out: A variation of the ‘minute paper’ 43 Vicky Kwan Lan TSANG 1 Contents 8. Mini-viva for assignment feedback and discussion 46 David CARLESS 9. ‘Asking a question’: A time-saving assessment tool 49 Lilian L. P. VRIJMOED COMMUNICATING USING TECHNOLOGY 10. Using online processes to enhance assessment and learning 52 Eliza K. O. AU 11. Peer assessment using electronic reflective journals 56 Ada Wai Wing MA and Eugenia Mee Wah NG 12. Providing immediate feedback through a ‘personal response system’ 60 Harrison TSE 13. An electronic feedback bank 62 Pamela LEUNG COMMUNICATING ORALLY OR IN WRITING 14. Engaging students in critical discussion of assignments 65 CHEUNG Siu Kau 15. Providing and receiving feedback on writing tasks 68 Emily Po Sheung YAN and Vivian Yuk Yi LI 16. Focused feedback and reflections to inform learning 73 Wendy Y. K. LAM 17. Language assessment using an Internet-based discussion board 76 David ROSSITER and Gibson LAM WORKING IN TEAMS 18. Project-based assessment: Designing a web site 79 Mike KEPPELL and David CARLESS 19. Assessing interpersonal effectiveness in group tutorials 82 Philip S. L. BEH 20. Identifying students’ misconceptions through peer-assessed presentations 85 Doris Pui Wah CHENG 21. Assessing creative team work using ongoing peer critique 88 Ada Wai Wing MA EVALUATING PEERS 22. Peer assessment of group projects 92 Winnie CHENG and Martin WARREN 23. Peer assessment of design posters 97 Ken VOLK 24. Training students to peer and self-evaluate their writing 100 Nigel BRUCE 25. Technology-facilitated peer assessment of music creation 105 Rita Lai Chi YIP vi Contents LEARNING AUTONOMOUSLY 26. ‘Learning-through-assessment’: Assessment tasks that challenge more 108 accomplished students CHAN Hau Ping and MOK Yan Fung 27. Using portfolio assessment to promote autonomous learning 112 MAK Wai Ho 28. Exemplars and assessing independent learning 115 Ngar-Fun LIU 29. Formative assessment of projects in progress 120 Louisa LAM 30. Automated feedback on case studies 123 Shekhar KUMTA EVALUATING ONESELF 31. Ungraded tasks leading to summative assignments 125 LIU Pui Lee 32. Helping students diagnose and track error patterns in written work 129 Icy LEE 33. Engagement with assessment criteria for self-assessment 133 David CARLESS 34. Helping students to self-assess their learning needs 137 LUNG Ching Leung and Magdalena Mo Ching MOK PROCESSING AND ACTING ON FEEDBACK 35. Ensuring that students process and act on feedback 141 Learning to Learn Course Team 36. Tutorial review of draft assignments: Dialogue and reflection 144 Rita BERRY 37. Staged assessment and feedback 148 Frankie Yuen Yee YU 38. Cycles of feedback in an assessment task 150 Ina SIU 39. Using a professional development progress map to assess field experience 153 Sylvia Yee Fan TANG Chapter 4 The Way Forward 159 Appendix: Useful Resources 169 References 177 vii Contents ...