53 Interesting Ways to Assess Your Students

53 interesting ways to assess your students offers reflective practitioners in professional and higher education practical ways to develop broad, flexible assessment repertoires. The 53 suggestions are designed to support both assessment of learning and assessment for learning. Topics include written tasks, examinations, problem-based activities, live and authentic forms of assessment, assessment over different timescales, interpersonal aspects - such as group work, student involvement, and feedback - and quality assurance. ABSTRACT: 53 ways of assessing students are presented. The themes covered include: written assessment tasks in various genres, examinations, problem-based activities (such as design tasks) and authentic forms of assessment (such as publishing online); assessment through events (such as presentations) and over longer periods of time (for example, via a portfolio); and interpersonal aspects, such group work, student involvement, and feedback. Overall, the text provides reflective practitioners in professional and higher education with practical ways to develop broad, flexible, assessment repertoires.K EY TERMS: authentic assessment; assessment; examinations; feedback; learning; marking; peer assessment; practicals; presentations; quality; self-assessment; tasks; and written assessment.