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Assessment revisited: a review of research in Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

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Resumo:A review of articles published in Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education journal, over the last 8 years, (2006-2013) on assessment in Higher Education, since the introduction of the Bologna Process, is the subject of the paper. The first part discusses the key issue of assessment in higher education and the method used for selecting articles. The second part presents results according to the main emerging themes arising from data analysis: assessment methods; modes of assessment; and assessment related to a given teaching and learning method. The paper concludes that the foci of the studies are aligned with assessment practices other than the written test, in accordance with a learner-oriented perspective. Although the implementation of the Bologna Process has had different kinds of impact in different European countries, the review has shown that the use and effects of a diversity of assessment methods in Higher Education have been investigated, particularly those pointing to the so-called alternative methods. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Autores principais:Pereira, Diana Alexandra Ribeiro
Outros Autores:Flores, Maria Assunção; Niklasson, Laila
Assunto:Bologna process assessment higher education teaching and learning process learner-centred assessment
Ano:2016
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
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Resumo:A review of articles published in Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education journal, over the last 8 years, (2006-2013) on assessment in Higher Education, since the introduction of the Bologna Process, is the subject of the paper. The first part discusses the key issue of assessment in higher education and the method used for selecting articles. The second part presents results according to the main emerging themes arising from data analysis: assessment methods; modes of assessment; and assessment related to a given teaching and learning method. The paper concludes that the foci of the studies are aligned with assessment practices other than the written test, in accordance with a learner-oriented perspective. Although the implementation of the Bologna Process has had different kinds of impact in different European countries, the review has shown that the use and effects of a diversity of assessment methods in Higher Education have been investigated, particularly those pointing to the so-called alternative methods. Implications of the findings are discussed.