Improving the quality of assessment grading tools in Master of Education courses: a comparative case study in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Michael Christie; Peter R Grainger; Robert Dahlgren; Kairen Call; Deborah Heck; Susan E Simon

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Improving the quality of assessment grading tools in Master of Education courses: a comparative case study in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

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Improving the quality of assessment grading tools in Master of Education courses: a comparative case study in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Michael Christie, Peter R Grainger, Robert Dahlgren, Kairen Call, Deborah Heck and Susan E Simon

Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol.15(5), pp.22-35

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v15i5.13783

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Specialist Studies in Education

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criterion referenced assessment sheets

This study compares the use and efficacy of assessment grading tools within postgraduate education courses in a regional Australian university and a regional university in the US. Specifically, we investigate how the quality of postgraduate education courses can be improved through the use of assessment rubrics or Criterion Referenced Assessment sheets (CRA sheets). The researchers utilised interviews and a modified form of the Delphi Method to answer three research questions relating to; assessment and student motivation, grading tools and raising quality in learning, as well as assuring quality in assessment grading tools. The research resulted in the development of a checklist, in the form of a set of questions, that lecturers should ask themselves before writing rubrics or CRA sheets. The paper concludes by demonstrating how assessment grading tools might be applied, developed and constantly improved in Master of Education courses in Australian and US higher education institutions.

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Title: Improving the quality of assessment grading tools in Master of Education courses: a comparative case study in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Authors: Michael Christie (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Peter R Grainger (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Robert Dahlgren (Author) - State University of New York, United States
Kairen Call (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
Susan E Simon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol.15(5), pp.22-35
Publisher: Indiana University, Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.14434/josotl.v15i5.13783
ISSN: 1527-9316
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: 99449169402621
Output Type: Journal article

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