2001-03

Assessment and Student: Using Assessment to Change Student Learning

Date:

Fri, 2001-03-30 (All day)

Presenter: Dr Peter Knight

Format: Seminar

Dr Knight talks about how we can use assessment to improve student learning. He focuses on the functions and types of assessment and introduces some alternative assessment methods. He ends by providing practical ways to assess student achievement using these alternative methods, taking into account large class sizes and the time constraints busy faculty work under.

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Learning to think: Disciplinary perspectives

Date:

Fri, 2001-03-02 (All day)

Presenter: Prof Janet Donald

Format: Seminar

Prof Janet Donald, a field expert in Educational psychology, came to share her ideas on Learning to think: Disciplinary perspectives. Focuses will be on firstly how knowledge is structured. Secondly, how learning occurs in different disciplines and lastly, how higher order learning and thinking can be promoted in different domains.

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