Unlocking Assessment: Understanding for Reflection and Application (Unlocking Series)

Swaffield, Sue

ISBN 10: 0415453135 / ISBN 13: 9780415453134

Published by David Fulton Publishers, 2008

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Seller Inventory # wbs4956532284

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unlocking Assessment: Understanding for Reflection and Application (Unlocking Series)
• Publisher: David Fulton Publishers
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415453135
• ISBN 13: 9780415453134
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 320 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Assessment is inextricably linked with learning and teaching, and its profile in British schools has never been higher. Recently the value and importance of formative assessment in supporting learning and teaching has also become widely recognised.

Although assessment is a prime concern of anyone involved in education it remains a highly complex field where much controversy and misunderstanding abounds.

This book explores the values, principles, research and theories that underpin our understanding and practice of assessment. It also provides practical suggestions and examples, and addresses some key points about the future development of assessment. The book makes accessible complex but crucial ideas and issues, so that teachers can be more confident and proactive in shaping assessment in their classrooms, in ways that support learning and avoid unintentional harmful consequences.

About the Author

Sue Swaffield is a lecturer in Leadership and School Improvement in the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Throughout her career as a teacher, local authority adviser and university lecturer, assessment development and research has been a major theme. She is a co-author of Improving Learning How to Learn: Classrooms, Schools and Networks and Assessement Literacy for Wise Decisions.