TEACHING & LEARNING MONTH 2011: Distinguished Visiting Teachers Workshop

The workshop will focus on principles and practices for enabling commencing students success with early assessment. Three aspects of the first year assessment process will be considered: designing assessment items that are appropriate to the needs of commencing students; preparing students to confidently and successfully undertake early assessment items; and providing quality feedback to enable and support student learning and ongoing success. Strategies for academic recovery with at-risk students following failure on early assessment items will also be discussed. The workshop will bring together findings from the literature and evidence from a current ALTC Grant on first-year assessment which integrates student , academic and professional staff perceptions of effective first year assessment practice.