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Student & tutor consensus: A partnership in assessment for learning

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posted on 2022-04-26, 23:44 authored by James Thompson, Don Houston, Kathryn Dansie, Timothy Rayner, Timothy Pointon, Simon PopeSimon Pope, Anthea Cayetano, Brad Mitchell, Hugh Grantham
The mistakes made when attempting tasks often prove to be some of the most invaluable learning experiences. Despite this, outcome and results driven assessment formats largely penalise student performance errors or reward students who succeed by chance. The consequences of this paradigm are visible effects on student relationships with assessment. The student–tutor consensus approach to assessment was introduced to capture student learning achieved ‘from’ assessment to complement the measurement of performance outcomes. This approach parallels student and tutor judgement in a grade negotiation, affording the student an opportunity to share with their assessor what they have learned from the assessment activity. This student self-awareness was then considered alongside the conventional outcome-based score awarded by the tutor to generate a final grade for the assessed activity. Our study evaluated the perceptions of 90 undergraduate students enrolled in the bachelor of paramedic studies, who participated in this novel assessment approach as part of a final-year capstone topic. The results comprehensively indicated value for all aspects of the assessment approach, as well as a recognition that the skills will be useful in their future professional roles.

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Volume

42

Issue

6

Start Page

942

End Page

952

Number of Pages

11

eISSN

1469-297X

ISSN

0260-2938

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Language

en

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

Flinders University

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Journal

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

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