Tag: feedbackresources
Practice Snippets: First Year Experience, Recruitment, Retention and Induction:
Assessing first year assessment in JOMEC
In order to find out how assessment is used in the BA degree within JOMEC, and in particular how assessment is viewed by students in the first year, eight focus groups were carried out in May 2007. It was found that students enjoyed the process of continuous assessment as it motivated them to work throughout [...]
The objective of this pilot study was to improve NSS-type feedback scores in large cohort modules where providing individualized feedback is a challenge. In the study 25% of students (“treatment group”) had an opportunity to submit their own solutions for tutorial questions to their TA, who voluntarily agreed to provide individualized feedback. The remaining 75% [...]
Dr Dianne Watkins (SONMS), Prof. Paul Dummer, (DENTL), Dr Kamila Hawthorne (MEDIC) led a project to pilot the use of Grademark to provide electronic feedback across their schools. The report showed that it was generally very well received by students and assessors, but that there are issues that need to be overcome. GradeMark Project
Completed Projects:
Investigating the use of audio for providing feedback to students in CHEMY, PHRMY and PSYCH
A collaborative project that looked at the use of audio software to improve timeliness and effectiveness of feedback to students. Poster-Investigating the use of audio to provide feedback to students Project dissemination Dr P Davies (CHEMY), Dr C Miles (PSYCH) and Dr D John (PHRMY)
This project adopted a cost: benefit perspective to explore the effectiveness of a range of feedback activities carried out in one ENGIN programme. Devin used word-to-type software to insert comments onto students’ work and found this no more time consuming than completing more standard front-sheet type forms. The results suggest that students valued this individualised, [...]
Student Enhanced Learning through Effective Feedback (SENLEF) was a project funded by the LTSN Generic Centre (now Higher Education Academy) to develop a resource for practitioners wishing to improve their feedback practice to students or get some new ideas on how to enhance their current practice.
This questionnaire based pilot study explored students’ experiences and perceptions of the feedback they had received across four Schools. In line with other studies we found that there is a need to enter into a dialogue with students about what feedback may look like and how to use it. The project raised issues for individual [...]
This article: Teaching for Quality Learning at University by Professor John Biggs, examines the range of assessment tools available and for what purpose each is best used, and addresses the following questions: -How can large classes be assessed effectively? -How can students be quickly provided with feedback particularly in large classes? -How and when should self/peer-assessment [...]
What does the term ‘feedback’ mean to students? This project explored students’ perceptions across Schools. Results suggest that there is a need to educate students both about the role of HE and feedback within that context and the multiple feedback opportunities they are given, but which they do not identify as such. Ian Brewis (MEDIC): [...]