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Individual Reflection Papers as a Means to Support Individual Assessment in Group Examinations in Problem-Based Learning
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Eva Hammar Chiriac – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Even though using group examinations aligns well with the epistemology of problem-based learning (PBL), the dilemma of using joint learning while simultaneously fulfilling individual assessment requirements in higher education make group examinations difficult to use. In this study, the aim was to explore whether an individual reflection paper…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Higher Education, Student Evaluation, College Students
Research and Teaching: Aligning Assessment to Instruction--Collaborative Group Testing in Large- Enrollment Science Classes
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Siegel, Marcelle; Roberts, Tina M.; Freyermuth, Sharyn K.; Witzig, Stephen B.; Izci, Kemal – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015
The authors describe a collaborative group-testing strategy implemented and studied in undergraduate science classes. This project investigated how the assessment strategy relates to student performance and perceptions about collaboration and focused on two sections of an undergraduate biotechnology course taught in separate semesters.
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, College Science, Higher Education, Alignment (Education)
Qualitative Aspects of Group-Only Testing
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Hanshaw, Larry G. – College Student Journal, 2012
This study sought to determine how students would describe their group-only cooperative testing experiences in terms of key elements of cooperative learning often cited in the literature. Written comments of 159 graduate students were analyzed and 26 related categories of comments were derived from 495 statements of students enrolled in two…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Graduate Students
Designing of Student Learning Achievement Evaluation
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Savickiene, Izabela – Quality of Higher Education, 2011
This article aims to solve the following problematic issue: how the most essential elements of student learning achievement evaluation should be properly designed? The answers are pursued by the validation of identification of evaluation types, formulation of evaluation criteria and choice of assessment methods. Designing of the most essential…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
Making Group Assessment Transparent: What Wikis Can Contribute to Collaborative Projects
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Caple, Helen; Bogle, Mike – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2013
This paper investigates the use of new media technologies, in particular wikis, for the compiling and grading of group assessment tasks. Wikis are open web pages that can be viewed and modified by anyone with internet access and are well known for their collaborative nature. Wikis are also transparent, which means that any edit/modification is…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Group Testing, Grading, Technology Uses in Education
Unintended Consequences of Forced Policy-Making in High Stakes Examinations: The Case of the Republic of Cyprus
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Lamprianou, Iasonas – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2012
This article describes briefly the education system of Cyprus and elaborates on the recent changes in its large-scale assessment (LSA) programme. Until 2005, two independent LSA programmes existed: one for school-graduation purposes and one for gaining entrance to higher education. The introduction of a dual-purpose LSA program in 2006, due to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation, Foreign Countries, Case Studies