Students voice assessment experience
- Author: Ebony Preen
- Posted: 15th November 2011
UNSW Arts and Social Sciences is the first university faculty outside of Britain to be part of the major student assessment project, TESTA.
The UK Higher Education Academy-funded Transforming the Experience of Students through Assessment (TESTA) Project uses the student experience of assessment to inform assessment innovation.
Over 1900 Arts and Social Sciences undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students responded to the Assessment Experience Questionnaire (AEQ) in October.
Associate Dean of Education, Associate Professor Sean Brawley, said this was a fantastic result. “I was delighted with the response to the questionnaire which clearly showed that FASS students wished to share their thoughts about assessment,” he said. “The results provide a very powerful diagnostic tool around assessment, identifying strengths and weaknesses.”
Prizes were on offer for students to complete the survey. Tristan Carey was the lucky winner of an Apple Ipad 2 presented by the Acting Dean, Professor Eileen Baldry.
Dr Scott Denton conducted the project for the faculty and in addition to the questionnaire, ran several focus groups with over 60 students. Dr Denton is now analysing the wealth of data produced by the project.
The TESTA project was designed by the former head of Teaching and Learning at Oxford University, Professor Graham Gibbs. The project is one of a number of assessment projects being carried out in the Faculty, including a project examining student time on task; examination by School’s of assessment practices as well as the ongoing work of the Faculty Assessment Working Party.
Contact Details
For further details about the project please contact: A/Prof Sean Brawley 02 9385 2342
