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Using computer-aided assessment (1999)
Book Chapter
Sambell, K., Sambell, A., & Sexton, G. (1999). Using computer-aided assessment. In L. McDowell (Ed.), Using Information Technology in Teaching, Learning & Assessment. Northumbria University, MARCET

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Fitness for purpose in the assessment of learning: students as stakeholders (1999)
Journal Article
Mcdowell, L., & Sambell, K. (1999). Fitness for purpose in the assessment of learning: students as stakeholders. Quality in Higher Education, 5(2), 107-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/1353832990050202

A fitness‐for‐purpose approach to determining the quality of assessment practices in higher education requires the consideration of the perspectives of a range of stakeholders including students. Empirical data from case studies of assessment in prac... Read More about Fitness for purpose in the assessment of learning: students as stakeholders.

The experience of innovative assessment: student perspectives (1999)
Book Chapter
McDowell, L., & Sambell, K. (1999). The experience of innovative assessment: student perspectives. In S. Brown, & A. Glasner (Eds.), Assessment matters in higher education : choosing and using diverse approaches (71-82). Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)

There has been considerable diversification in the methods of assessing student learning in higher education in recent years. Few courses in the UK now rely solely on the conventional finals examinations supplemented by essays or, in scientific subject... Read More about The experience of innovative assessment: student perspectives.

The Construction of the Hidden Curriculum: messages and meanings in the assessment of student learning (1998)
Journal Article
Sambell, K., & McDowell, L. (1998). The Construction of the Hidden Curriculum: messages and meanings in the assessment of student learning. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 23(4), 391-402. https://doi.org/10.1080/0260293980230406

A wide range of diverse responses by individual students to innovative or alternative assessment are described and discussed, drawing on research data. Student perspectives are significant since assessment is a powerful factor in determining the hidd... Read More about The Construction of the Hidden Curriculum: messages and meanings in the assessment of student learning.

What do students think about assessment (1998)
Book Chapter
Brown, S., Sambell, K., & McDowell, L. (1998). What do students think about assessment. In S. Brown (Ed.), Peer assessment in practice (107-112). Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA)

No abstract available.

Characterization of the Escherichia coli damage-independent UvrBC endonuclease activity (1998)
Journal Article
Bazuine, M., van Knippenberg, I., Visse, R., & Goosen, N. (1998). Characterization of the Escherichia coli damage-independent UvrBC endonuclease activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 273(52), 34896-34903. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.273.52.34896

Incision of damaged DNA templates by UvrBC inEscherichia coli depends on UvrA, which loads UvrB on the site of the damage. A 50-base pair 3′ prenicked DNA substrate containing a cholesterol lesion is incised by UvrABC at two positions 5′ to the lesio... Read More about Characterization of the Escherichia coli damage-independent UvrBC endonuclease activity.

Assessment and the Expanded Text: students' perceptions of the changing English curriculum (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sambell, K., & Johnson, R. (1998, July). Assessment and the Expanded Text: students' perceptions of the changing English curriculum. Paper presented at Higher Education Close Up Conference

The question of how assessment impacts on what students study and learn, and the lifelong learning models individuals develop whilst at university, have been the subject of much educational research ( Gibbs, 1992, Ramsden, 1992, Entwistle & Entwistle... Read More about Assessment and the Expanded Text: students' perceptions of the changing English curriculum.

“But is it fair?”: An exploratory study of student perceptions of the consequential validity of assessment (1997)
Journal Article
Sambell, K., McDowell, L., & Brown, S. (1997). “But is it fair?”: An exploratory study of student perceptions of the consequential validity of assessment. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 23(4), 349-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0191-491x%2897%2986215-3

n the "Impact of Assessment" project, we have been studying the effects of alternative ways of assessing student learning through a number of case studies of assessment in practice. Amongst the criteria used to evaluate methods of assessing student l... Read More about “But is it fair?”: An exploratory study of student perceptions of the consequential validity of assessment.