Testing Times

Testing Times
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 : 9781134137022
ISBN-13 : 1134137028
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Book Synopsis Testing Times by : Gordon Stobart

Download or read book Testing Times written by Gordon Stobart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-03-18 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessment dominates our lives but its good intentions often produce negative consequences. An example that is central to this book is how current forms of assessment encourage shallow ‘for-the-test’ learning. It is true to say that as the volume of assessment increases, confidence in what it represents is diminishing. This book seeks to reclaim assessment as a constructive activity which can encourage deeper learning. To do this the purpose, and fitness-for–purpose, of assessments have to be clear. Gordon Stobart critically examines five issues that currently have high-profile status: intelligence testing learning skills accountability the ‘diploma disease’ formative assessment Stobart explains that these form the basis for the argument that we must generate assessments which, in turn, encourage deep and lifelong learning. This book raises controversial questions about current uses of assessment and provides a framework for understanding them. It will be of great interest to teaching professionals involved in further study, and to academics and researchers in the field.


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