Testing Times - The Uses and Abuses of Assessment (Paperback)

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, and, 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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2008
First published:	2007
Authors:	Gordon Stobart
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	228
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-40475-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Educational psychology Promotions
LSN:	0-415-40475-4
Barcode:	9780415404754

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