Conference paper
Focusing on first year assessment: Surface or deep approaches to learning
FYHE 2012 Conference Proceedings
Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference: New Horizons, 15th (Brisbane, Australia, 26-Jun-2012–29-Jun-2012)
Queensland University of Technology
2012
Abstract
This paper investigates the assessment and learning approaches that some first year students employ to assist them in their transition into their first year of study and extends our previous work on first year student engagement and timely academic support (Penn-Edwards & Donnison, 2011). It is situated within the First Year transition and student engagement literature and specifically speaks to concepts of learning within that body of literature. In this paper we argue that while students are in the transitional period of their studies, the use of assessment as a motivator for learning (surface approach) is valid first year pedagogy and forms an initial learning stage in the student's progress towards being lifelong learners.
Details
- Title
- Focusing on first year assessment: Surface or deep approaches to learning
- Authors
- Sharn Donnison (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringS Penn-Edwards (Author) - Griffith University
- Contributors
- Rachel Mortimer (Editor)
- Publication details
- FYHE 2012 Conference Proceedings
- Conference details
- Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference: New Horizons, 15th (Brisbane, Australia, 26-Jun-2012–29-Jun-2012)
- Publisher
- Queensland University of Technology
- Date published
- 2012
- ISBN
- 9781921897399
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2012 The Author. Reproduced here with permission of the author.
- Organisation Unit
- Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450153102621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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