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Direct linkPeters, Helen – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2005
When mature students enter higher education they bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience gained in their lives outside of education. A majority of higher education institutions in the UK and elsewhere around the world have now set up systems for recognizing and accrediting such learning. However the processes of assessing learning…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Learning Experience, Student Evaluation
Leathwood, Carole – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2005
This paper places a discussion of assessment in higher education (HE) in the UK within the wider policy context. It argues for a critical sociological analysis to consider some of the issues, themes and debates in relation to assessment in HE at this time. Recent trends in assessment policy and practice are discussed, alongside a consideration of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Justice, Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHusbands, Christopher T.; Fosh, Patricia – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1993
Discussion of student evaluation of college teaching in four European countries (United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Germany) focuses on concerns about test bias. Factors specific to the higher education systems in those countries that could affect student evaluation and other related issues are examined. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Comparative Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Cann, Alan J. – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2005
Extended matching sets questions (EMSQs) are a form of multiple-choice question (MCQ) consisting of a stem (the question or scenario) with an extended number of possible answers. Although there is no consensus on their absolute format, for the purpose of this paper a multiple-choice question with ten or more alternative answers is considered to be…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Computer Assisted Testing, Measurement Techniques, Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewedLawson, Colin – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1992
It is proposed, as an extension of earlier research, that there is a correlation between the design of British economics programs in higher education and the syllabi, teaching and evaluation methods, and instructional materials used in them. A clear link between the functions of economics degrees, course structures, and employment entry…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Curriculum Design, Economics Education, Education Work Relationship
Peer reviewedBullock, Kate M.; Scott, William A. H. – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1990
The Enterprise Awareness in Teacher Education program incorporates enterprise, economic, and industrial issues into all preservice teacher education in England, Scotland, and Wales through an extensive program of faculty development. One of three proposed levels of program evaluation is currently in place in the institutions. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Economics Education
Peer reviewedSmith, David; Wilson, Hazel – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1992
A study investigated general and vocational skills of 32 British business undergraduates before and after their field experiences, as perceived by the students and their employers. Although the parties agree that some skill development occurred during field experience, substantial discrepancies between student and employer perceptions of actual…
Descriptors: Business Education, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Employer Attitudes
