Author: Mark Jackson, University of Wales Newport
Presented at Research - Teaching in Wales 2011 Conference, 13th -14th September 2011, Gregynog Hall, Newtown (Powys)
Using research to inform the assessment feedback process
1. Research Teaching Practice in Wales 2011 ConferenceUsing research to inform the assessment feedback process.Mark JacksonUniversity of Wales Newport
2. National Student Survey ‘Assessment & Feedback’ is the lowest area of student satisfaction in all surveys since 2005, regardless of institution, background, or course. ‘The great NUS feedback amnesty” 2010
3. 2009 National Student Survey (NSS) “Students were significantly less satisfied about the feedback that they received than their overall learning experience”
4. Many institutions are relying on feedback mechanisms that are appropriate to the quality assurance and audit systems of contemporary Higher Education but not to the needs of students.
17. Initial findings suggest that the viewer (students) reads the assessment sheet in a traditional direction, and does not ‘search’ for the grade first.
18. Conclusion To improve the student experience of assessment feedback, UWN should consider the re-design of the standard assessment sheet in order to support the needs of the student and not the efficiencyof the assessor.