Chapter 8. How Do You Really Know?

  1. Dominic Upton Head Chair Fellow specialist,
  2. Annie Trapp Director founding member
  1. Kathy Harrington Director

Published Online: 29 APR 2010

DOI: 10.1002/9781444320732.ch8

Book Title

Teaching Psychology in Higher Education

Teaching Psychology in Higher Education

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How to Cite

Harrington, K. (2010) How Do You Really Know?, in Teaching Psychology in Higher Education (eds D. Upton and A. Trapp), BPS Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444320732.ch8

Editor Information

  1. University of Worcester, UK

Author Information

  1. London Metropolitan University, UK

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 29 APR 2010
  2. Published Print: 19 FEB 2009

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405195508

Online ISBN: 9781444320732

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Keywords:

  • raising awareness of potential for assessment - powerful driver of student learning;
  • research developments and assessment in higher education - relevance to teaching psychology;
  • current assessment practice in higher education - tending to lag;
  • persistent student dissatisfaction - in experiences of assessment in higher education;
  • changing higher education context - tension between different purposes of assessment;
  • assessment as a developmental process - informed by current thinking;
  • understandings of assessment;
  • reliability in assessment, measures that are without marker bias;
  • multiple-choice questions, posters, reflective logs, presentations and group projects;
  • students to learn how to take on the role of self-assessor

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Understandings of Assessment

  • Assessment for Learning

  • Methods of Assessment

  • Writing, Thinking and Assessment

  • Specific Issues in Assessment with Large Groups

  • Conclusion

  • References

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