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TY - JOUR
T1 - Formative assessment in higher education
T2 - its significance for employability, and steps towards its enhancement
AU - Yorke, Mantz
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Research shows that formative assessment can exert a powerful effect on student learning, yet the complexity of formative assessment is not well understood and some curricular structures and practices do not fully exploit its potential. This article outlines the background to the political promotion of employability and shows that institutional responses are influenced by multiple considerations. It discusses formative assessment and models it as a complex signalling system before considering the implications, for students’ employability, of accentuating the attention given to formative assessment. The potential for action is discussed with reference to three levels: those of the institution, the department, and the individual academic.
AB - Research shows that formative assessment can exert a powerful effect on student learning, yet the complexity of formative assessment is not well understood and some curricular structures and practices do not fully exploit its potential. This article outlines the background to the political promotion of employability and shows that institutional responses are influenced by multiple considerations. It discusses formative assessment and models it as a complex signalling system before considering the implications, for students’ employability, of accentuating the attention given to formative assessment. The potential for action is discussed with reference to three levels: those of the institution, the department, and the individual academic.
U2 - 10.1080/13583883.2005.9967148
DO - 10.1080/13583883.2005.9967148
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
SP - 219
EP - 238
JO - Tertiary Education and Management
JF - Tertiary Education and Management
SN - 1358-3883
IS - 3
ER -