Effective formative e-assessment of student learning: A study on a statistics course

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-225

  Hodgson, Paula ^a   Pang, Marco Y C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

assessment experience; formative assessment; higher education; MCQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863322001     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2010.523818     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Anderson, L.W., Krathwohl, D.R. and Bloom, B.S., eds. 2001. A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, New York: Longman.
2. Bierer, S.B., Dannefer, E.F., Taylor, C., Hall, P. and Hull, A.L. 2008. Methods to assess students' acquisition, application and integration of basic science knowledge in an innovative competency-based curriculum. Medical Teacher, 30(7): 171-7.
3. Biggs, J.B. 2003. Teaching for quality learning at university: What the student does., 2nd ed., Philadelphia, PA: Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press.
4. Biggs, J.B. and Tang, C. 2007. Teaching for quality learning at university: What the student does.,3rd ed.,Philadelphia, PA: Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press.
5. Black, P. and Wiliam, D. 1998. Assessment and classroom learning. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 5(1): 7-74.
6. Boud, D. 2001. "Introduction: Making the move to peer learning". In Peer learning in higher education, Edited by: Boud, D., Cohen, R. and Sampson, J. 1-20. London: Kogan Page.
7. Boud, D., Cohen, R. and Sampson, J. 1999. Peer learning and assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 24(4): 413-26.
8. Brady, A.-M. 2005. Assessment of learning with multiple-choice questions. Nurse Education in Practice, 5(4): 238-42.
9. Brown, S., Smith, B.D. and Race, P. 1996. 500 Tips on assessment, London: Kogan Page.
10. Chickering, A.W. and Gamson, Z.F. 1987. Seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education. The American Association for Higher Education Bulletin, http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/7princip.htm (accessed September 20, 2008)
11. Clarke, S., Lindsay, K., McKenna, C. and New, S. 2004. Inquire: A case study in evaluating the potential of online MCQ tests in a discursive subject. ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 12(3): 249-60.
12. Dunn, L., Morgan, C., O'Reilly, M. and Parry, S. 2004. The student assessment handbook: New directions in traditional and online assessment, London/New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
13. Elliott, N. and Higgins, A. 2005. Self and peer assessment: Does it make a difference to student group work?. Nurse Education in Practice, 5(1): 40-8.
14. Falchikov, N. 2005. Improving assessment through student involvement: Practical solutions for aiding learning in higher and further education, London/New York: Routledge.
15. Falchikov, N. 2007. "The place of peers in learning and assessment". In Rethinking assessment in higher education: Learning for the longer term, Edited by: Boud, D. and Falchikov, N. 128-43. London/New York: Routledge.
16. Gibbs, G. 1999. "Using assessment strategically to change the way students learn". In Assessment matters in higher education: Choosing and using diverse approaches, Edited by: Brown, S.A. and Glasner, A. 41-56. Buckingham/Philadelphia, PA: Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press.
17. Gibbs, G. 2006. "How assessment frames student learning". In Innovative assessment in higher education, Edited by: Bryan, C. and Clegg, K. 23-36. London/New York: Routledge.
18. Henly, D.C. 2003. Use of web-based formative assessment to support student learning in a metabolism/nutrition unit. European Journal of Dental Education, 7(3): 116-22.
19. Keppell, M., Au, E., Ma, A. and Chan, C. 2006. Peer learning and learning-oriented assessment in technology-enhanced environments. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 31(4): 453-64.
20. Kramarski, B. and Zeichner, O. 2001. Using technology to enhance mathematical reasoning: Effects of feedback and self-regulation learning. Educational Media International, 38(2-3): 77-82.
21. Lam, P., Hodgson, P. and Csete, J. 2007. "Enrichment of interaction in online assessments". In Enhancing teaching and learning through assessment: Deriving an appropriate model, Edited by: Frankland, S. 381-441. The Netherlands: Springer.
22. Laurillard, D. 2002. Rethinking university teaching: A conversational framework for the effective use of learning technologies., 2nd ed., London/New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
23. Longfellow, E., May, S., Burke, L. and Marks-Maran, D. 2008. They had a way of helping that actually helped: A case study of a peer-assisted learning scheme. Teaching in Higher Education, 13(1): 93-105.
24. Miller, A.H., Imrie, B.W. and Cox, K. 1998. Student assessment in higher education: A handbook for assessing performance, London: Kogan Page.
25. NCIHE (National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education). 1997. Higher education in the learning society. Report to the Secretaries of State for Education and Employment Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, UK
26. Nicol, D. 2007. E-assessment by design: Using multiple-choice tests to good effect. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 31(1): 53-64.
27. Palmer, E.J. and Devitt, P.G. 2007. Assessment of higher order cognitive skills in undergraduate education: Modified essay or multiple choice questions? Research paper. BMC Medical Education, 7(1): 49-55.
28. Palmer, E.J. and Devitt, P.G. 2008. Limitations of student-driven formative assessment in a clinical clerkship: A randomised controlled trial. BMC Medical Education, 8: 29
29. Peat, M. and Franklin, S. 2002. Supporting student learning: The use of computer-based formative assessment modules. British Journal of Educational Technology, 33(5): 515-23.
30. Porte, M.C., Xeroulis, G., Reznick, R.K. and Dubrowski, A. 2007. Verbal feedback from an expert is more effective than self-accessed feedback about motion efficiency in learning new surgical skills. American Journal of Surgery, 193(1): 105-10.
31. Sadler, D.R. 1989. Formative assessment and the design of instructional systems. Instructional Science, 18(2): 119-44.
32. Schwartz, P.L. and Webb, G., eds. 2002. Assessment: Case studies, experience and practice from higher education, London: Kogan Page.
33. Smith, C. and Bath, D. 2006. The role of the learning community in the development of discipline knowledge and generic graduate outcomes. Higher Education, 51(2): 259-86.
34. Smith, J.D., Prideaux, D., Wolfe, C.L., Wilkinson, T.J., Sen Gupta, T., DeWitt, D.E., Worley, P., Hays, R.B. and Cowie, M. 2007. Developing the accredited postgraduate assessment program for Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. Rural & Remote Health, 7(4): 805-16.
35. Swan, G.I. Online assessment and study. Beyond the comfort zone: Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE conference. December5-8, Perth. Edited by: Atkinson, R., McBeath, C., Jonas-Dwyer, D. and Phillips, R. pp.891-4. http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/procs/swan.html (accessed August 23, 2009)
36. Taras, M. 2002. Using assessment for learning and learning from assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 27(6): 501-10.
37. Taras, M. 2008. Summative and formative assessment: Perceptions and realities. Active Learning in Higher Education, 9(2): 172-92.
38. Torrance, H. 2007. Assessment as learning? How the use of explicit learning objectives, assessment criteria and feedback in post-secondary education and training can come to dominate learning. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 14(3): 281-94.
39. Torrance, H. and Pryor, J. 1998. Investigating formative assessment: Teaching, learning and assessment in the classroom, Buckingham/Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press.
40. Tsui, C.-Y. and Treagust, D.F. 2004. Motivational aspects of learning genetics with interactive multimedia. American Biology Teacher, 66(4): 277-85.
41. Yorke, M. 2003. Formative assessment in higher education: Moves towards theory and the enhancement of pedagogic practice. Higher Education, 45(4): 477-501.