Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Frankland, Steve (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
• Subjects: Education.; Teaching.; Assessment.; Education, general.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

Assessment is the daily life of a teacher; designing plans, setting questions, giving feedback and grading are all activities that teachers undertake on a regular basis. Yet, the close examination of such activities can be hindered by constraints caused by the context in which different teaching and...

Table of Contents:

• Assessment in Action
• Implementing Criterion-Referenced Assessment
• Reinforcing Formative and Summative Assessment
• Aligning Assessment with Learning and Teaching
• Rethinking Teacher Professional Development
• Embedded Strategies and their Impact
• Teaching with Group Work, Peer and Self Assessment
• Designing Multiple Assessment Methods
• Reviewing Outcome-based Assessment and Implementation issues
• Approaches in Practice
• Examining Assessment in the Workplace
• Making Use of Technology in Assessment
• Exploring Implementation Issues and their Implications.