A volume in Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learning Series Editor: Dennis M. McInerney, The Hong Kong Institute of Education Assessment for learning is meant to engage, motivate, and enable students to do better in their learning. However, how students themselves perceive assessments (both high-stakes qualifications and low-stakes monitoring) is not well understood. This volume collects research studies from Europe, North and South America, Asia, and New Zealand that have deliberately focused on how students in primary, secondary, and tertiary education conceive of, experience, understand, and evaluate assessments. Assessment for learning has assumed that formative assessments and classroom practices would be an unqualified success in terms of student learning outcomes. Making use of a variety of qualitatively interpreted focus groups, observations, and interviews and factor-analytic survey methods, the studies collected in this volume raise doubts as to the validity of this formulation. We commend this volume to readers hoping to stimulate their own thinking and research in the area of student assessment. We believe the chapters will challenge researchers, policy makers, teacher educators, and instructors as to how assessment for learning can be implemented.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Information Age Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1607523531
ISBN-13
9781607523536
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84490471
Product Key Features
Author
D. M. Mcinerney
Publication Name
Student Perspectives on Assessment : What Students Can Tell US about Assessment for Learning
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
338 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Lb3051.M462487 2010
Copyright Date
2010
Topic
General, Evaluation & Assessment, Higher, Research, Testing & Measurement