Assessment and feedback

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These pages are designed to introduce you to the principles behind effective assessment and feedback and how to apply them to your practice. Explore the sections on the left to find out more.

These webpages are designed to enable members of the Imperial learning community to:

  • Develop a deeper understanding of basic concepts around assessment and feedback
  • Plan for effective assessment in a variety of teaching and learning settings
  • Design better conditions around assessment and feedback
  • Reflect on and evaluate current practice in your department in terms of feedback and assessment

Assessment and feedback

Introduction to assessment and feedback

An introduction to assessment and feedback, giving insight on why it is important and the different types.

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What are the qualities of good assessment?

Several attempts to define good assessment have been made, here we discuss the general agreement which defines good assessment.

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Assessment methods

There are many methods that can be used to either formatively or summatively assess student learning. Good assessment design will be inclusive and will incorporate some variety of assessment methods instead of over-relying on exams or essays, which are not applicable to real world settings.

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What is good feedback?

Discussing the common principles that should be reflected in feedback

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Assessment design

Since assessment drives student learning behaviour, a well designed assessment is crucial for student learning.

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