This chapter explores the role that feedback can play in transforming learning. The chapter appe... more This chapter explores the role that feedback can play in transforming learning. The chapter appears in the book Marking Time, Leading and Managing the Development of assessment in Higher Education, Eds. Adele Flood and Kathryn Coleman.
Using an historical approach the intention of this paper is to identify from the literature bette... more Using an historical approach the intention of this paper is to identify from the literature better practice in feedback. Assessment is an essential element in the learning cycle, and is central to an understanding of how learning outcomes are achieved. It is through their assessments that we come to know our students, if our teaching has been successful and plays a significant role in determining the students' success. However, unlike the teaching process, assessment does not have the same dialogic element that learning and teaching now has. While feedback is a key element in formative assessment, we do not know how our feedback is understood by the learner, or what meaning they make of it. What makes good feedback, and how do we ensure that learners can understand and act upon it? The current language of learning and teaching is underscored with the concept of student engagement with the curriculum. However, the language of assessment often remains in the realm of judgement and the way it is conveyed is clearly in the transmission model of teaching where rigidity, standards and rules stand in place of dialogue, flexibility and learner centeredness.
An emerging form of assessment is the patchwork text, an application of assessment for learning, ... more An emerging form of assessment is the patchwork text, an application of assessment for learning, as opposed to assessment of learning. A framework for making choices in how to use patchwork texts in higher education courses is developed, drawing on prior research on, and use of, patchwork texts. These choices reflect the fundamental objectives of patchwork texts, namely continuous learning, deep learning, integrated understanding and critical self-reflection, while also offering options for patchwork texts which can be tailored to particular courses and individual preferences. Keywords: patchwork text;
This chapter explores the role that feedback can play in transforming learning. The chapter appe... more This chapter explores the role that feedback can play in transforming learning. The chapter appears in the book Marking Time, Leading and Managing the Development of assessment in Higher Education, Eds. Adele Flood and Kathryn Coleman.
Using an historical approach the intention of this paper is to identify from the literature bette... more Using an historical approach the intention of this paper is to identify from the literature better practice in feedback. Assessment is an essential element in the learning cycle, and is central to an understanding of how learning outcomes are achieved. It is through their assessments that we come to know our students, if our teaching has been successful and plays a significant role in determining the students' success. However, unlike the teaching process, assessment does not have the same dialogic element that learning and teaching now has. While feedback is a key element in formative assessment, we do not know how our feedback is understood by the learner, or what meaning they make of it. What makes good feedback, and how do we ensure that learners can understand and act upon it? The current language of learning and teaching is underscored with the concept of student engagement with the curriculum. However, the language of assessment often remains in the realm of judgement and the way it is conveyed is clearly in the transmission model of teaching where rigidity, standards and rules stand in place of dialogue, flexibility and learner centeredness.
An emerging form of assessment is the patchwork text, an application of assessment for learning, ... more An emerging form of assessment is the patchwork text, an application of assessment for learning, as opposed to assessment of learning. A framework for making choices in how to use patchwork texts in higher education courses is developed, drawing on prior research on, and use of, patchwork texts. These choices reflect the fundamental objectives of patchwork texts, namely continuous learning, deep learning, integrated understanding and critical self-reflection, while also offering options for patchwork texts which can be tailored to particular courses and individual preferences. Keywords: patchwork text;
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