Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ570455
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-5627
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THE UNQUIET...EVEN LOUD, ANDRAGOGY! Alternative Assessments for Adult Learners.
Beaman, Ronda
Innovative Higher Education, v23 n1 p47-59 Fall 1998
Argues that prevailing assessment methods in higher education confuse the adult learner, fail to place the instructor in a facilitative mode, and hamper attempts at learner empowerment. Descriptions of more appropriate evaluative methods are offered, including instructor, peer, and self-evaluation, accompanied by student responses to these methods. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Alternative Assessment, Andragogy, College Faculty, College Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Nontraditional Education, Peer Evaluation, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Characteristics, Student Empowerment, Student Evaluation, Student Needs, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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