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C/EC/152. A Critical Evaluation of an Assessment of a Module in Higher Education

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2010
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This paper analyses a higher education module, with the objective of offering suggestions for its improvement. There is extensive criticism of the module, ranging from its structure to any possible feedback the student may have received. The paper references from ‘500 tips on assessment’, a book that states principles on how assessments should be designed, these include valid, reliable, transparent, authentic, fair, motivating, and efficient and manageable. The assessment in question is evaluated in view of these principles. The assessment is provided in the appendices.

 

KEYWORDS: Higher Education, assessment, design, feedback, valid, reliable, transparent, authentic, fair, motivating, efficient and manageable.,