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Sadler, I and Reimann, N (2017) Variation in the development of teachers’ understandings of assessment and their assessment practices in higher education. Higher Education Research and Development, 37. pp. 131-144. ISSN 1469-8366
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Abstract
This paper reports a study into the development of staff understanding of assessment and assessment practice. Eight teachers from two universities constructed an initial concept map about assessment that was discussed in a one-to-one semi-structured interview. A year later a new map was created and the interview focused on change in thinking and practice. Multiple models of assessment were evident in the participants’ understandings at the same time and change was characterised by subtle evolution in thinking. Development in practice was more significant and often associated with the foregrounding of assessment-for-learning. Vignettes are used to illustrate the variation in nature and scale of development. Interplay between this development of practice and understanding was multidirectional and external context played an important role. The approach offers detailed insight into the relationship between assessment thinking and practice and demonstrates that both research and academic development need to go beyond conventional approaches to conceptualising the development of academics and take account of the finer grained complexities of assessment thinking and practices.
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Higher Education Research and Development on 29 Jun 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07294360.2017.1344199 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 13 Education |
| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
| Divisions: | Sport Studies, Leisure & Nutrition (closed 31 Aug 19) |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jun 2017 11:16 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 11:24 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1080/07294360.2017.1344199 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6720 |
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