Assessment in higher education is an area of intense current interest, not least due to its
central role in student learning processes. Excellence in University Assessment is a …

Art and Design Pedagogy in Higher Education provides a contemporary volume that offers a
scholarly perspective on tertiary level art and design education. Providing a theoretical lens …

demands of teaching, research and scholarship, and academic management. Against these
contexts, the book focuses on developing professional academic skills for teaching. Dealing …

When assessment tasks are set for students in universities and colleges, a common practice
is to advise them of the criteria that will be used for grading their responses. Various …

As we have seen, an overall theme of this book is that it is time to rethink what is being done
in assessment in higher education in order to foster learning for the longer term. In this …

Many people have contributed to the development and writing of this book. There are a few
whom I wish to thank particularly. Carolyn Jackson, Monica McLean, Keith Trigwell, Murray …

Unreliability in marking is well documented, yet we lack studies that have investigated
assessors' detailed use of assessment criteria. This project used a form of Kelly's repertory …

Assessment tasks that require students to produce complex responses provide the context
for this chapter. Such tasks are typically labelled 'divergent', because no uniquely correct …

Teachers spend much of their time on assessment, yet many higher education educators
have received minimal guidance on assessment design and marking. This means …

Arising from work by the Gender and Lifelong Learning Group of the Gender and Education
Association, this book presents reconceptualisations of lifelong learning. It argues that the …