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An Inventory of Peer Assessment Diversity
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Gielen, Sarah; Dochy, Filip; Onghena, Patrick – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2011
Since Topping published his literature review on peer assessment in 1998, the number of studies on this subject has doubled, if not tripled. However, along with this expansion, the diversity of peer assessment applications increased equally fast. Based on recent literature, this contribution focuses specifically on the diversity that has come to…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Educational Practices, Predictor Variables
Feedback: All that Effort, but What Is the Effect?
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Price, Margaret; Handley, Karen; Millar, Jill; O'Donovan, Berry – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
Constraints in resourcing and student dissatisfaction with assessment feedback mean that the effectiveness of our feedback practices has never been so important. Drawing on findings from a three-year study focused on student engagement with feedback, this paper reveals the limited extent to which effectiveness can be accurately measured and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Research
A Systematic Analysis of Quality of Teaching Surveys
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Davies, Martin; Hirschberg, Joe; Lye, Jenny; Johnston, Carol – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
All tertiary institutions in Australia use the same Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ); however, for the internal evaluation of teaching they use their own surveys. This paper performs an analysis of the internal Quality of Teaching Surveys (QTS) used in Australian universities. We classify the questions within the QTS surveys. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Surveys, Self Evaluation (Groups), Evaluation Research
Assessing and Analyzing Change in Attitudes in the Classroom
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Tractenberg, Rochelle E.; Chaterji, Ranjana; Haramati, Aviad – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2007
We explore three analytic methods that can be used to quantify and qualify changes in attitude and similar outcomes that may be encountered in the educational context. These methods can be used or adapted whenever the outcome of interest is change in a generally unmeasurable attribute, such as attitude. The analyses we describe focus on: (1)…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Medical Students, Medical Education, Attitude Change
E-Assessment within the Bologna Paradigm: Evidence from Portugal
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Ferrao, Maria – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
The Bologna Declaration brought reforms into higher education that imply changes in teaching methods, didactic materials and textbooks, infrastructures and laboratories, etc. Statistics and mathematics are disciplines that traditionally have the worst success rates, particularly in non-mathematics core curricula courses. This research project,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Technology, Educational Assessment
The Triple Jump Exercise in Inquiry-Based Learning: A Case Study Showing Directions for Further Research.
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Feletti, Grahame; Ryan, Greg – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1994
The Triple Jump, a procedure for assessing students' problem-based learning, is applied to assessment of inquiry-based learning in a graduate course. Results suggest the need for more research into interrater reliability and other characteristics of the exercise. Some simple strategies for making the instrument cost effective are offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Independent Study