Introduction to Assessment - part 1
This workshop focuses on building on your experience of assessment/assessing and will help you understand how and why assessment is used in the Scientist Training Programme (STP).
By the end of the workshop you will be able to:
- critically examine your own values, beliefs and attitudes in relation to assessment
- define what is meant by the term ‘assessment’ including formative and summative assessment
- examine the purposes of assessment
- analyse the characteristics of a good assessment
- evaluate the importance of feedback for formative and summative assessment
Introduction to Assessment - part 2
This workshop focuses on assessing written work, interviews and discussions.
By the end of the workshop you will be able to:
- confidently engage in assessing summative assessments e.g. IACC
- write constructive feedback across all grade descriptors
- use effective and probing questioning techniques to elicit evidence of learning
The workshop has a focus on the STP final assessment but the techniques can be applied to a wide range of assessment types.