Evaluating the efficacy of Masters coursework criteria sheets using a 10 question framework

Peter R Grainger; Deborah Heck; Michael Christie

doi:10.1080/0309877X.2017.1363384

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Evaluating the efficacy of Masters coursework criteria sheets using a 10 question framework

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Evaluating the efficacy of Masters coursework criteria sheets using a 10 question framework

Peter R Grainger, Deborah Heck and Michael Christie

Journal of Further and Higher Education, Vol.43(3), pp.396-405

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2017.1363384

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criteria sheet

assessment

moderation

student feedback

This paper builds on an earlier study that developed a 10 question framework for improving the quality of criteria sheets (also known as rubrics) used in Master of Education programmes. To test that framework 15 rubrics were independently evaluated by seven teachers using the above mentioned framework. Raw data from the evaluations were collated and coded and then further analysed in three sequential, substantive conversation sessions, in order to investigate the inter-connectedness of three assessment concepts, namely, grading, moderation and feedback. The study revealed that the key to criteria sheet effectiveness is the explicitness of the standards descriptors. The research also identified three broad questions that can help teachers evaluate the quality of their criteria sheets. These questions focus on the clarity of the task description and ways of improving the criteria and standards by which student responses are to be judged. The revised questions provide an effective framework for assuring the quality of these three aspects of assessment within units (also known as courses) in postgraduate programmes.

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Title: Evaluating the efficacy of Masters coursework criteria sheets using a 10 question framework
Authors: Peter R Grainger (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Deborah Heck (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Michael Christie (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Journal of Further and Higher Education, Vol.43(3), pp.396-405
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2017.1363384
ISSN: 0309-877X
Organisation Unit: School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451264402621
Output Type: Journal article

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