Last week I presented at the annual governors meeting about how we have enhanced assessment and feedback across the University. We made a remarkable rise in our NSS score in the assessment and feedback domain and a number of people…
Feedback activity
Students submit a section (or a plan with an outline of their argument) of their assignment as a draft approximately 4 weeks before the final submission date. Students are given feedback (not a mark) using the following proforma within 2-3…
Learning how to evaluate work
Put students work in groups to look at 3 short assignments to decide which is best, mediocre and poor. Asked them to identify what is good and not so good and to identify what they think are the key aspects…
Ways to engage students in AFL activities
Think of ways in which you can actively engage students with assessment criteria as part of an assessment for learning strategy. Rust et al (2003) found that giving students the opportunity to review and assess previous examples of past students’…
Students and their feedback
Students, however, often do not understand their feedback or may not have sufficient working knowledge as to be able to act on their feedback (Sadler 2010) and where it is focused on errors, as opposed to an indication as to…