CONTENTS
Preface = ⅶ
Notes on Contributors = ⅸ
Part 1 : Systems Approaches to Assessment = 1
1 Institutional Strategies for Assessment / Sally Brown = 3
2 Innovations in Student Assessment : A System-wide Perspective / Angela Glasner = 14
3 Assessment and Evaluation : A Systems Approach for their Utilization / T. Dary Erwin = 28
4 Using Assessment Strategically to Change the Way Students Learn / Graham Gibbs = 41
Part 2 : Exploring the Effectiveness of Innovative Assessment = 55
5 Why Assess Innovatively? / Phil Race = 57
6 The Experience of Innovative Assessment : Student Perspectives / Liz McDowell ; Kay Sambell = 71
7 Biases in Marking Students' Written Work : Quality? / Neil D. Fleming = 83
Part 3 : Assessing Practice = 93
8 Assessing Practice / Sally Brown = 95
9 Assessment of Key Skills / Garth Rhodes ; Freda Tallantyre = 106
10 Using Portfolios for Assessment in Teacher Preparation and Health Sciences / Gill Young = 122
11 Group-based Assessment : An Evaluation of the Use of Assessed Tasks as a Method of Fostering Higher Quality Learning / Mike Heathfield = 132
12 Dimensions of Oral Assessment and Student Approaches to Learning / Gordon Joughin = 146
Part 4 : Towards Autonomous Assessment = 157
13 Towards Autonomous Assessment : Using Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment / Angela Brew = 159
14 Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment / Shirley Jordan = 172
15 Peer Assessment of Undergraduate Seminar Presentations : Motivations, Reflection and Future Directions / Andy Lapham ; Ray Webster = 183
16 Using Peer Assessment and Self-Assessment for the First Time / Paul Roach = 191
Conclusion = 202
Index = 204
The Society for Research into Higher Education = 211
