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Seeking, hearing and acting: Staff perspectives of changes in assessment practice through TESTA (2017)
Journal Article
Adamson, E., Webster-Henderson, B., & Carver, M. (2017). Seeking, hearing and acting: Staff perspectives of changes in assessment practice through TESTA. SEDA Educational Developments, 18(4), 12-15

Assessment and feedback continues to be a key focus of attention within higher education. The TESTA (Transforming the Experience of Students through Assessment) methodology has been used worldwide across a variety of disciplines, programmes and cultu... Read More about Seeking, hearing and acting: Staff perspectives of changes in assessment practice through TESTA.

Feedback, Feedforward, or Dialogue?: Defining a Model for Self-Regulated Learning (2017)
Book Chapter
Carver, M. (2017). Feedback, Feedforward, or Dialogue?: Defining a Model for Self-Regulated Learning. In Innovative Practices for Higher Education Assessment and Measurement; Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development, 1-18. IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-0531-0.ch001

Better feedback is commonly demanded by students and institutions as a way of improving student satisfaction, encouraging more scholarly approaches to assessment, and building students' capacity for self-regulated learning. Student responses to surve... Read More about Feedback, Feedforward, or Dialogue?: Defining a Model for Self-Regulated Learning.

Edgy humour in the classroom: a case study of risks and rewards (2013)
Journal Article
Carver, M. (2013). Edgy humour in the classroom: a case study of risks and rewards. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v1i1.42

The purpose of this study was to explore the role of humour in the classroom from a learning climate perspective, allowing for greater risk and spontaneity. A case study was devised in a UK primary school where the teacher would give humour top prior... Read More about Edgy humour in the classroom: a case study of risks and rewards.