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David Carless
Susan M. Bridges
Cecilia Ka Yuk Chan
Rick Glofcheski E ditors
Scaling up
Assessment
for Learning
in Higher
Education
The Enabling Power of Assessment
Volume 5
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Thisseriesheraldstheideathatnewtimescallfornewanddifferentthinkingabout
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only develop knowledge and skills, but also to use and create knowledge and
identities. Working from this position, the series confronts some of the major
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UniversityofHongKong UniversityofHongKong
HongKong,HongKong HongKong,HongKong
CeciliaKaYukChan RickGlofcheski
Ctr.EnhancementofTeaching&Learning FacultyofLaw
UniversityofHongKong UniversityofHongKong
HongKong,HongKong HongKong,HongKong
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Preface
This edited collection emanates from, but is not exclusive to, an international
conferenceheldattheUniversityofHongKong,May14–15,2015.Theconference
was entitled Assessment for Learning in Higher Education and attracted 318
delegates from 27 countries. The keynote speakers were John Biggs, David Boud,
RoyceSadler,DavidCarlessandRickGlofcheski.
The genesis of the conference was Rick Glofcheski’s success in 2011 in being
one of the two inaugural winners of a teaching excellence award organized by
the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong and spanning all the universities
in Hong Kong. This success built on Rick’s numerous previous awards at the
University of Hong Kong. Rick teaches in the Faculty of Law and is well known
for his innovative approaches to assessment. To support the promotion of good
practiceinteaching,learningandassessment,Rickwasawardedasubstantialgrant
to support dissemination. Part of this funding was used to support a 1-day event
in December 2012, involving speakers local to Hong Kong and David Boud as an
overseasguestcontributor.
TheeventinMay2015whichgaverisetothiscollectionwasanextensionofthe
event in 2012. It involved collaboration between Rick, the Centre for Enhancing
Learning and Teaching (CETL) and other colleagues at the University of Hong
Kong. The organizing committee for the conference was led by Cecilia Ka Yuk
Chan,HeadofProfessionalDevelopmentinCETL,andincludedGrahameBilbow,
DirectorofCETL,SukiEkaratne,SusanM.BridgesandDavidCarless.
Ithasbeenwellknownformanydecadesthatstudents’learningbehavioursare
deeplyinfluencedbytheirperceptionsoftheassessmenttasksthattheyaretackling.
Assessmentforlearningseekstoprioritizethelearningfunctionofassessmentover
its generally more dominant role of grading and certification. The chapters in this
volumeengagewithdifferentelementsofassessmentforlearninganddiscusshow
thesemightbeimplementedmorewidely.
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The title of the collection is Scaling Up Assessment for Learning in Higher
Education. The idea of scaling up denotes the quality, quantity and depth of
implementation of particular pedagogic strategies. We are indebted to Phillip
DawsonforsuggestingthistitleoveralunchinMelbourneinSeptember2015.We
shouldalsoacknowledgethecontributionsofBettyPok-YeeLeeandQiyunZhuin
formattingthechapters.
Approximatelyhalfofthechaptersinthevolumearisefrompresentationsatthe
May2015conference,whilstwealsoinvitedanumberofinternationalexpertswho
were not present at this event to contribute chapters. We are delighted with their
response.
UniversityofHongKong,HongKong,China DavidCarless
June2016 SusanM.Bridges
CeciliaKaYukChan
RickGlofcheski
Contents
PartI EnablingAssessmentChange
1 ScalingUpAssessmentforLearning:ProgressandProspects........ 3
DavidCarless
2 Standards-BasedAssessmentforanEraofIncreasing
Transparency................................................................ 19
DavidBoud
3 Surfacing and Sharing Advances in Assessment:
ACommunities-of-PracticeApproach................................... 33
DaiHounsellandTracyX.P.Zou
4 InspiringTransformationThroughTESTA’sProgramme
Approach .................................................................... 49
TansyJessop
PartII Assessment for Learning Strategies
andImplementation
5 Making Assessment for Learning Happen Through
AssessmentTaskDesignintheLawCurriculum ....................... 67
RickGlofcheski
6 ClinicalAssessmentJudgementsand‘Connoisseurship’:
Surfacing Curriculum-Wide Standards Through
TransdisciplinaryDialogue................................................ 81
Susan M. Bridges, Claire M. Wyatt-Smith,
andMichaelG.Botelho
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7 TheUseandDesignofRubricstoSupportAssessment
forLearning................................................................. 99
AndersJönssonandErnestoPanadero
8 Students’ExperiencesofAssessmentforLearning..................... 113
DavidCarless
PartIII FeedbackforLearning
9 Contextual Influences on Feedback Practices:
AnEcologicalPerspective ................................................. 129
Rola Ajjawi, Elizabeth Molloy, Margaret Bearman,
andCharlotteE.Rees
10 StudentUtilisationofFeedback:ACyclicalModel..................... 145
EddPitt
11 Feelings About Feedback: The Role of Emotions
inAssessmentforLearning................................................ 159
AnnaD.Rowe
12 Conditions and EffectsofFeedback Viewed Through
theLensoftheInteractiveTutoringFeedbackModel.................. 173
SusanneNarciss
PartIV Using Technology to Facilitate Assessment
forLearning
13 Technology-EnhancedAssessmentFeedback............................ 193
ClaireMoscropandChrisBeaumont
14 HowDoesTechnologyEnableScalingUpAssessment
forLearning?................................................................ 209
PhillipDawsonandMichaelHenderson
Contributors
RolaAjjawi DeakinUniversity,Burwood,VIC,Australia
MargaretBearman MonashUniversity,Melbourne,VIC,Australia
ChrisBeaumont EdgeHillUniversity,Ormskirk,Lancashire,UK
Michael G.Botelho UniversityofHongKong,HongKong,China
DavidBoud DeakinUniversity,Burwood,VIC,Australia
Susan M. Bridges Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
HongKong
David Carless Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
HongKong
Cecilia KaYukChan UniversityofHongKong,HongKong,China
PhillipDawson DeakinUniversity,Burwood,VIC,Australia
Rick Glofcheski Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
HongKong
MichaelHenderson MonashUniversity,Melbourne,VIC,Australia
DaiHounsell UniversityofHongKong,HongKong,China
TansyJessop SouthamptonSolentUniversity,Southampton,UK
AndersJönsson KristianstadUniversity,Kristianstad,Sweden
ElizabethMolloy MonashUniversity,Melbourne,VIC,Australia
ClaireMoscrop EdgeHillUniversity,Ormskirk,Lancashire,UK
SusanneNarciss TechnicalUniversityofDresden,Dresden,Germany
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