This text provides higher education teachers with an overview of the many approaches to setting, marking and reviewing coursework, assignments, tests and examinations used in programmes for certificates, diplomas, first degrees or higher degrees. It discusses the influence of each on students.

This book will provide higher education teachers with an overview of the many approaches to setting, marking and reviewing coursework, assignments, tests and examinations used in programmes for certificates, diplomas, first degrees or higher degrees. It discusses the strong influence that assessment has on the way students approach their learning tasks. The book looks at how the subject has been written about - rather than how to do it - and includes references to Dearing. The book is truly international in focus, and the authors hve experience of HE institutions in Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, England, Canada, Hong Kong, USA and Thailand