Assessment for student learning in Law and beyond

Abstract

In the first part of the talk, David Carless will draw on his recent research into the assessment practices of teachers who have been recipients of awards for teaching excellence. He will sketch key issues in assessment task design and propose a number of features of worthwhile assessment tasks. These include: facilitating persistent intellectual engagement; mirroring real-life uses of the subject; permitting student choice and flexibility; and engineering timely in-class feedback dialogues. In the second half of the talk, Rick Glofcheski will draw on his experiences of assessment in the subject of Law, and through references to his practices, in particular the Reflective Media Diary portfolio, illustrate examples of assessment that are explicitly designed for productive learning and the nurturing of independent and life-long learning skills and habits.