Assessment
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Assessment overview
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Assessment is a core element of teaching and forms building blocks for all courses. In the book below you will find core information about different types of assessment that you will use in your courses.
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Tutors and learners are continuously engaged in the process of assessment, even though it may not be overt, planned or formal.
This overview will consider the types of assessment
- Initial Assessment
- Formative Assessment (Assessment for Learning)
- Summative Assessment (Assessment of Learning
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Assessment for Learning (Formative)
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The resources below have been created by Mike Gershon, and provide a variety of ideas of different methods of assessment for learning.
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The article below is from Geoff Petty on formative teaching methods. Geoff has written a range of books on teaching and these are core reading for many teaching courses.
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Want to learn more?
The links below take you to more in-depth articles on AfL
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Blooms Taxonomy
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Bloom’s Taxonomy was created by Benjamin Bloom in 1956, published as a kind of classification of learning outcomes and objectives.
It is used extensively by the teaching community to support the development of SMART learning objectives
Using the resources below will help you not only develop effective learning objectives but also support you with assessment methods and a activities