Educational Foundations

Assessment

  1. Approaches to Assessment that Enhance Learning in Higher Education

    Edited by Stylianos Hatzipanagos, Rebecca Rochon

    This book addresses the need to diversify mainstream forms of assessment currently used in Higher Education in order to re-establish the focus on the learning process. Making assessment central to student learning is about returning to what current research emphasises: the primary beneficiary of...

    Published August 10th 2011 by Routledge

  2. Assessing Learning in the Primary Classroom

    By Sandra Johnson

    Series: Understanding Primary Education Series

    Why is assessment so important in the teaching-learning process? How should we assess pupils in the primary classroom? Assessing Learning in the Primary Classroom is an accessible introduction to the concepts critical to a professional understanding of this vital aspect of a teacher’s role. It...

    Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge

  3. Balancing Dilemmas in Assessment and Learning in Contemporary Education

    Edited by Anton Havnes, Liz McDowell

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This book focuses on dilemmas inherent in the practice of assessment in the contemporary context. New forms of assessment are being introduced in all sectors of education and training, and the culture of assessment is shifting. The authors in this volume discuss the practice of assessment,...

    Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge

  4. Beyond Testing (Classic Edition)

    Towards a theory of educational assessment

    By Caroline Gipps

    Series: Routledge Education Classic Edition

    ‘It is an exceptionally thoughtful assessment of assessment, and I am (along with anyone else who broods about education) much in your debt.’ Jerome Bruner, personal communication with the author When this award-winning book was originally published in 1994, a review in the TES said: ‘Beyond...

    Published October 20th 2011 by Routledge

  5. Improving Teacher Education through Action Research

    Edited by Ming-Fai Hui, David L. Grossman

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    There has been a dearth of studies on teacher educators using action research to improve their own practice. This book is the first systematic study of a group of teachers examining and enhancing their own practice through the inquiry process of action research. This book presents a broad overview...

    Published November 13th 2011 by Routledge