Assessment and Learning

by John Gardner

• ISBN13: 9780857023827
• ISBN10: 0857023829
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-05
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Purposes and Practice

Assessment for Learning in the Classroom

Professional Learning as a Condition for Assessment for Learning

From Teachers to Schools: Scaling Up Professional Development for Formative Assessment

Alternative Perspectives on Learning Outcomes: Challenges for Assessment

On the Relationship between Assessment for Formative and Summative Purposes

Quality Assessment Practice

Impact

Assessment and Learning: the Learner's Perspective

Instrumentalism and Achievement: a Socio-Cultural Understanding of Tensions in Vocational Education

Policy and Practice in Assessment for Learning: the Experience of Selected Oecd Countries

The Role of Assessment in Developing Motivation for Learning

Theory

Assessment in Harmony with Our Understanding of Learning: Problems and Possibilities

Developing a Theory of Formative Assessment

Validity and Reliability

Validity in Formative Assessment

The Reliability of Assessments

Validity, Purpose and the Recycling of Results from Educational Assessments

Concluding Remarks

Assessment for Learning: a Compelling Conceptualization

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