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Students' perspective
I wrote in my dissertation draft (Version 1037.2) that the reason I was surveying students about their experience of initial assessment was because I thought ... -
Numeracy and Literacy initial assessments are apparently not happening
23 of the colleges or universities sampled did not carry out initial assessment in numeracy or literacy. -
Schoolboy errors
Analysing the results of my dissertation survey I realised that I'd forgotten to ask my respondents some basic information. At the time the age and ... -
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I've been thinking a lot lately about how people use the same platform in completely different ways. Taking Facebook as an example, the information and ... -
#pwdproject
Not content with my MA research and a part time lecturing job I'm keeping myself busy working for Pontydysgu, I say working, I'm not sure ... -
Information overload
Every year, colleges and universities invest large amounts of time and money into the recruitment of students. The process can involve numerous steps from the ... -
Survey away!
Finally got around to finishing the survey last week, tried it out on my sisters and a student friend (thanks all) who suggested a few ... -
Initial Assessment Tools
The Search for Spock initial assessment tools; DfES recommend the following resources via their read write plus campaign http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/readwriteplus/ The Basic Skills Agency has produced ... -
What questions to ask?
The plan is to get the student perspective, find out what assessment is carried out and how the results benefit them. I have students who ... -
Searching for literature to review
The majority of available literature on the topic of initial assessment consists of policy documents aimed at providers of ESOL and Basic Skills education. There ...