Using portfolios to develop integrated skills
Who? Marion Coderch & Laura Lewis are Assistant Professors (Teaching) at the Centre for Foreign Language Study. What? A portfolio-based…
Who? Marion Coderch & Laura Lewis are Assistant Professors (Teaching) at the Centre for Foreign Language Study. What? A portfolio-based…
Who? Dr Louise Gascoine is an Associate Professor in the School of Education. What? For a new, third-year module on…
Who? Rachel Avery is an Associate Professor (Teaching) in the Law School. What? A second-year module in commercial law that…
Who? Lindsay Jones teaches Politics at the International Study Centre (ISC). The ISC provides a ‘year 0’ programme that prepares…
Open book examinations are an assessment method designed to enable students to refer to class materials or notes as a…
Peer assessment is an informal or formal arrangement where students determine the value, quality or sometimes success of work produced…
There are a variety of ways in which students can be assessed beyond traditional essays. It is important to ensure…
Good essay design involves considering pedagogic and practical questions from before you set the topic all the way through to marking and…
Summative assessment is defined by Advance HE as ‘the process of evaluating learning at the conclusion of a programme of…
Effective feedback clarifies for students what they have achieved and what they need to do in future in order to improve. …
A key to creating effective assignments and exams is the concept of constructive alignment. This means starting with the intended…