Assessment and Learning

Herausgegeben:Gardner, John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Assessment and Learning places learning at the centre of our concerns and explicitly underscores the importance of assessment in that learning.

This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of assessment that is used to support learning, practice-based theory on assessment for learning, and formative assessment to support individual development and motivate learners.

With a strong list of existing and new contributors, this second edition has been updated to include the latest work on assessment. Readers will find research-informed insights from a wide variety of international contexts. It features:

- New chapters on e-assessment, the learner's perspective on assessment and learning and the influence of assessment on how we value learning

- Teacher-friendly assessment topics

- Practical examples and chapter summaries throughout

This book is useful to teacher educators and researchers on postgraduate courses in education, teaching, learning and assessment.

John Gardner is a professor of education at Queens University Belfast, and President of the British Educational Research Association.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd / Sage Publications
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780857023834
• ISBN-10: 0857023837
• Artikelnr.: 35509643

Inhaltsangabe

Assesment and Learning: Introduction - John Gardner
PART ONE: PURPOSES AND PRACTICE
Assessment for Learning in the Classroom - Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam
Professional Learning as a Condition for Assessment for Learning - Dave Pedder and Mary James
From Teachers to Schools: Scaling up Professional Development for Formative Assessment - Siobhan Leahy & Dylan Wiliam
Alternative Perspectives on Learning Outcomes: Challenges for Assessment - Richard Daugherty, Paul Black, Kathryn Ecclestone, Mary James & Paul Newton
On the Relationship between Assessment for Formative and Summative Purposes - Wynne Harlen
Quality Assessment Practice - John Gardner
PART TWO: IMPACT
Assessment and Learning: the Learner's Perspective - Louise Hayward
Instrumentalism and Achievement: A Sociocultural Understanding of Tensions in Vocational Education - Kathryn Ecclestone
Policy and Practice in Assessment for Learning: The Experience of Selected OECD Countries - Judy Sebba
The Role of Assessment in Developing Motivation for Learning - Wynne Harlen
PART THREE: THEORY
Assessment in Harmony with Our Understanding of Learning: Problems and Possibilities - Mary James, with Jenny Lewis
Developing a Theory of Formative Assessment - Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam
PART FOUR: VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY
Validity in Formative Assessment - Gordon Stobart
The Reliability of Assessments - Paul Black & Dylan Wiliam
Validity, Purpose and the Recycling of Results from Educational Assessments - Paul Newton
Concluding Remarks
Assessment for Learning: A Compelling Conceptualization - John Gardner

Rezensionen

'Assessment and Learning is a useful and inspiring book for everyone concerned with the field of assessment and provides a comprehensible overview of the contemporary developments in the field of educational assessment, particularly assessment for learning'-
Studies In Educational Evaluation

`Assessment for learning has come to play a significant role in learning and teaching and the Assessment Reform Group has played a pivotal role in this change. In Assessment and Learning past and present members of the group explore the implications of this change for practice, policy and research, in a way that is insightful, accessible and challenging' - David Bartlett, President
- The Association for Achievement and Improvement through Assessment (AAIA)