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Improving student engagement and development through assessment
xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Against a backdrop of massification and the associated increase in student diversity there is an escalating requirement for personalized, technology driven learning in higher education. How does one engage and retain a group of students of such diverse culture, ethnicity, ambition and experience?
Student views on assessment / Alex Bols -- Trained for the high jump, asked to do the long jump : does first year assessment promote retention? / Anthony Cook -- Exploring new students' conceptions of engagement and feedback / Ed Foster, Jane McNeil and Sarah Lawther -- Helping them succeed : the staff-student relationship / Christine Broughan and David Grantham -- Evaluating assessment practices : the academic staff perspective / Frances Deepwell and Greg Benfield -- Assessment for learning / Liz McDowell -- Finding their voice : podcasts for teaching, learning and assessment / Graham Steventon -- Student peer mentoring for engagement and retention : challenges in community building and assessment / Heather Conboy and Richard Hall -- The impact of assessment and feedback processes on student engagement in a research methods module / Steve Jewell -- Digital storytelling as an alternative assessment / Martin Jenkins and Phil Gravestock -- Interdisciplinary assessment / Clinton Golding and Chi Baik -- Assessing employability skills : understanding employer needs and how to engage with students / Marie Hardie and Norman Day -- Getting the context right for good assessment practice / Lynne Hunt, Sara Hammer and Michael Sankey -- Technology-supported assessment for retention / Ormond Simpson -- Issues and strategies for student engagement through assessment in transnational higher education / Glenda Crosling.
Includes bibliographical references and index.