DCU Learning Innovation Unit: Focus on Assessment and Feedback
Learning Innovation Unit
Focus on Assessment and Feedback
Introduction
With the move
from a content centred
approach to teaching to a more student focused approach, there is
greater focus
now on how assessment both tests the demonstration of learning outcomes
but
also how it drives the learning process.
To
ensure
effective use of assessment and assessment approaches, Biggs and Tang
(2007)
advocate an approach of asking why, what, how, who, and when in
relation to
assessment practice. This resource uses this approach to explain
assessment and
to bring together practical resources to develop relevant approaches to
quality
assessment at DCU.