Developing Student Assessment Literacy through Assessment Criteria and Rubrics

Developing Student Assessment Literacy through Assessment Criteria and Rubrics

Book your place here. Assessment literacy is the capability of staff and students to make sense of assessments, particularly the standards and criteria used to assess student work, to enable students to effectively progress in their learning. Developing student assessment literacy is also important for: creating an inclusive learning environment; supporting student transition to and progression through higher education; building student self-regulatory skills and confidence in relation to assessment. This session will provide an opportunity for colleagues to reflect on and share practices around ways to develop student assessment literacy, including through the design and use of assessment rubrics used to mark student work. This session aligns with A1, A2, A3, A4, K3, V1, V2 of the UKPSF...
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Helping Your Students Use Their Feedback: Insights From Central Services

Helping Your Students Use Their Feedback: Insights From Central Services

Book your place here. This session is primarily aimed at academic staff who teach students and provide them with feedback. It would also be helpful for staff such as programme directors, Support centre administrators and others who are contacted by students about their feedback, as it will look at ways in which they could help students use their feedback effectively.   Working in central support services (Study Advice and Student Wellbeing Services) gives us unique insights into how students regard their feedback. As we are not the ones marking their work, they can be candid with us when they don’t quite understand the comments or interpret them in ways that cause them worry and stress. Therefore, we can provide the student perspective: how they interpret the feedback which often is what causes them stress and prevents them from using the information provided to learn and make progress. We can also give advice to staff on how best to provide feedback, phrases to use that...
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