{"title":"Improving students’ learning—the role of formative feedback: experiences from a crash course for business students in academic writing","authors":"Torunn S. Olsen, John A. Hunnes","doi":"10.1080/02602938.2023.2187744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2187744","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":437516,"journal":{"name":"Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129113640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica Tater, Tony Zaharic, William Guy, Jon Cornwall
{"title":"How much is too much? Medical students’ perceptions of evaluation and research requests, and suggestions for practice","authors":"Jessica Tater, Tony Zaharic, William Guy, Jon Cornwall","doi":"10.1080/02602938.2023.2187330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2187330","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":437516,"journal":{"name":"Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education","volume":"284 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132276541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceptions and learning experiences of nursing students receiving peer video and peer verbal feedback: a qualitative study","authors":"S. Q. Yoong, Wenru Wang, Siriwan Lim, Yanhong Dong, Alvin Chuen Wei Seah, Jingfang Hong, Hui Zhang","doi":"10.1080/02602938.2023.2184462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2184462","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Peer feedback is useful for enhancing students’ learning outcomes, but nursing students’ experiences of receiving peer video and verbal feedback are not commonly explored. We investigated nursing students’ views on receiving peer video and verbal feedback after simulated practice during skills laboratory lessons. This descriptive qualitative study included 30 first-year undergraduate nursing students. Eight semi-structured focus group discussions were conducted via Zoom and thematically analysed. Five themes and 12 subthemes were developed. Peer feedback was valuable to students as it provided a conducive environment where they received individualised feedback. Students may or may not find it less stressful compared to receiving faculty feedback. Some found peer video feedback useful as it provided evidence of their performance, while others felt that it was unnecessary and hindered learning. Peer and faculty feedback complemented each other and improved student learning. Peer feedback was perceived favourably by the nursing students. It should occur after faculty feedback and both forms of feedback should be part of the nursing curriculum.","PeriodicalId":437516,"journal":{"name":"Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115998868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Huber, Lynn Harris, Sue Wright, Amanda White, Corina Raduescu, S. Zeivots, Andrew Cram, Andrew Brodzeli
{"title":"Towards a framework for designing and evaluating online assessments in business education","authors":"E. Huber, Lynn Harris, Sue Wright, Amanda White, Corina Raduescu, S. Zeivots, Andrew Cram, Andrew Brodzeli","doi":"10.1080/02602938.2023.2183487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2183487","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":437516,"journal":{"name":"Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133079103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceptions of graduate attribute development and application in PhD graduates from US and NZ universities","authors":"R. Spronken-Smith, K. Brown, C. Cameron","doi":"10.1080/02602938.2023.2182873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2182873","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":437516,"journal":{"name":"Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116783546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can students’ feedback literacy be improved? A scoping review of interventions","authors":"Tegan Little, P. Dawson, D. Boud, Joanna Tai","doi":"10.1080/02602938.2023.2177613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2177613","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":437516,"journal":{"name":"Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128806255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In search of learning-focused feedback practices: a linguistic analysis of higher education feedback policy","authors":"J. Davies","doi":"10.1080/02602938.2023.2180617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2180617","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Feedback can have one of the biggest positive influences on higher education learners. Despite this, teachers and students consistently report being dissatisfied with feedback. In response, there has been a theoretical shift in how feedback is conceptualised and discussed within the research literature. Older transmission-focused models have evolved into more learning-focused approaches. However, the extent to which higher education feedback policy, and subsequent practice, embrace such current thinking is unclear. This research adopted a corpus linguistics approach to analyse how the term ‘feedback’ was used within 50 UK higher education institutions’ feedback policy texts. Sketch Engine was used to analyse ‘feedback’ collocation frequencies. To investigate differences between research-intensive (Russell Group) and more teaching-focused (non-Russell Group) universities, separate corpora were also compiled and compared. Quantitative results showed that the most frequent feedback collocations related to outdated transmission-focused feedback practices. However, qualitative deductive thematic analysis found that many feedback policies did present learning-focused feedback practices despite using transmission-focused language. Feedback appears to mean different things to different higher education institutions which could lead to confusion for teachers and students. The research concludes by presenting key practical implications for practitioners involved in feedback policy design and enactment to improve practice.","PeriodicalId":437516,"journal":{"name":"Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126176328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Procedures, criteria and decision-making in doctoral admissions: the case of China’s leading research universities","authors":"Jisu Jung, Huan Li, H. Horta","doi":"10.1080/02602938.2023.2179595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2179595","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study examines the procedures, criteria, and decision-making in doctoral admissions at China’s leading research universities. A content analysis was performed on doctoral admissions texts (N = 312) from 264 faculties of C9 League universities, representing China’s elite research-intensive universities. The results show that the admissions procedures tend to highlight previous research and academic merit, which is to be expected for entry to doctoral studies but nonetheless seems to presuppose that all PhD students will follow an academic career path. Several standard practices were found to ensure the rigour and fairness of admissions procedures, such as the adoption of a centralised rather than a decentralised model, the setting of written examinations as a default assessment method, and the highlighting of tangible past achievements, especially pre-doctoral research outputs. There is a lack of supervisor engagement in admissions decision-making, which hinders them from evaluating applicants’ potential and degree of fit with their interests. The findings provide evidence of the multiple logics and discourses involved in doctoral admissions in China and offer practical implications for improving the admissions system.","PeriodicalId":437516,"journal":{"name":"Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132964575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How to use academic and digital fingerprints to catch and eliminate contract cheating during online multiple-choice examinations: a case study","authors":"Meaghan Emery-Wetherell, Ruoyao Wang","doi":"10.1080/02602938.2023.2175348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2175348","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Over four semesters of a large introductory statistics course the authors found students were engaging in contract cheating on Chegg.com during multiple choice examinations. In this paper we describe our methodology for identifying, addressing and eventually eliminating cheating. We successfully identified 23 out of 25 students using a combination of unique academic and digital fingerprints, and identified students who used virtual private networks (VPNs) to protect their online identity. There were two forms of cheating – posting questions and waiting for responses from tutors, and looking for questions that had already been solved. We found that 165 questions from these examinations were posted by 10 different students, but that the most common form of cheating was searching for answers that had already been posted. This paper discusses these patterns of Chegg usage, the consequences of not catching cheating early on, and how students reacted to being caught. Also provided are R and Python code that readers may use to identify cheating students in their own courses.","PeriodicalId":437516,"journal":{"name":"Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121233073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A framework for understanding assessment practice in higher education","authors":"Natalie Forde-Leaves, Jack Walton, K. Tann","doi":"10.1080/02602938.2023.2169659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2169659","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A source of contestation in higher education curricula is the multiplicity of demands they serve and purposes they seek to fulfil. In this paper, we see this contestation as actively shaping assessment theory and practice, resulting in paradoxes of valorisation and vilification of everyday assessment practices. We address the plethora of contestations in higher education assessment through the disruption of dichotomies in assessment discourse by re-querying assessment autonomy, logic and the basis of success. To this end, we apply Legitimation Code Theory to construct a new holistic framework for assessment inquiry, contributing to both extant and developing assessment theory by proposing a single sociological framework to analyse assessment practice cross-discipline, institution and geographical boundaries.","PeriodicalId":437516,"journal":{"name":"Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125204658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}