Tutor-Marked Assignments at the Open University: A Question of Reliability.

C. Byrne
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ABSTRACT Questions about examinations and continuous assessment are assured a great deal of controversy in any educational institution, especially if changes in established practices are proposed. Academic staff are sensitive about issues such as academic standards and their control, what students learn, how they learn learn, and teacher‐student relationships, all of which are implicated in discussions about assessment. These issues are no less important for the Open University (OU) than for other Universities. Indeed, the OU's dependence on a significant degree of central organization and control and the fact that the University has virtually committed itself to (non‐traditional) continuous assessment on a large scale would seem to make these issues of even greater significance than elsewhere. So when, in 1976, the University began a comprehensive review of its examinations and assessment policy, the scene was set for a grand debate, which took place. This paper is not about that debate, however, but abo...
开放大学导师批改作业:可靠性问题。
在任何教育机构中,关于考试和持续评估的问题肯定会引起很大的争议,尤其是在提出改变现有做法的情况下。学术人员对学术标准及其控制、学生学什么、如何学、师生关系等问题都很敏感,所有这些都涉及到评估的讨论。这些问题对开放大学的重要性不亚于其他大学。事实上,公开大学对中央组织和控制的高度依赖,以及大学实际上致力于(非传统)大规模持续评估的事实,似乎使这些问题比其他地方更加重要。因此,在1976年,当大学开始对其考试和评估政策进行全面审查时,发生了一场激烈的辩论。然而,这篇文章不是关于这个争论,而是关于……
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