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Assessment strategies to encourage partnership: students’ perspectives of the value of self and peer assessment in the development of written communication (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Johnson, R., & Sambell, K. (1999, April). Assessment strategies to encourage partnership: students’ perspectives of the value of self and peer assessment in the development of written communication. Presented at 6th annual Writing Development in Higher Education Conference

No abstract available.

Small group design activity and requirements on collaborative technologies. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, S., & Cross, N. (2000, September). Small group design activity and requirements on collaborative technologies. Presented at CoDesign 2000, Coventry

In the last decade or so, many collaborative technologies have been developed which aim to allow people in geographically distributed locations to work together as if sharing the same space. Such tools range from the simple asynchronous resources of... Read More about Small group design activity and requirements on collaborative technologies..

Evaluating a business information sources online course (2000)
Journal Article
Gillham, M., & Hall, H. (2000). Evaluating a business information sources online course. Econtent; Wilton, 23(5), 55-63

With a history of innovative course material delivery mechanisms, the Information Management Department at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh, Scotland, decided to take advantage of funding from the University College to develop a Web sit... Read More about Evaluating a business information sources online course.

What are the criteria that mentors use to make judgements on the clinical performance of student mental health nurses? An exploratory study of the formal written communication at the end of clinical nursing practice modules (2000)
Journal Article
Brown, N. (2000). What are the criteria that mentors use to make judgements on the clinical performance of student mental health nurses? An exploratory study of the formal written communication at the end of clinical nursing practice modules. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 7(5), 407-416. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00322.x

Issues concerning the assessment of student nurse performance in clinical practice have preoccupied nurse educationalists for some time and continue to pose problems. The debate in the nursing literature tends to revolve around two seemingly mutually... Read More about What are the criteria that mentors use to make judgements on the clinical performance of student mental health nurses? An exploratory study of the formal written communication at the end of clinical nursing practice modules.

Knowledge management in higher education. (2000)
Book Chapter
Cronin, B., & Davenport, E. (2000). Knowledge management in higher education. In G. Bernbom (Ed.), Information Alchemy: The Art and Science of Knowledge Management (25-42). Jossey-Bass

The electronics industry challenge to higher education (2000)
Journal Article
Hunt, I. (2000). The electronics industry challenge to higher education. Engineering Science and Education Journal, 9(5), 231-235. https://doi.org/10.1049/esej%3A20000508

Change in the electronics industry continues at a pace, fuelled by the constant developments in technology and the requirement to evolve a cost-competitive business position. This paper summarises the position of the electronics industry in Scotland... Read More about The electronics industry challenge to higher education.

Assigning Students in Group Work Projects. Can We Do Better than Random? (2000)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., & Land, R. (2000). Assigning Students in Group Work Projects. Can We Do Better than Random?. Innovations in education and training international, 37(1), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/135580000362043

Group work projects are increasingly used in higher education, but there is little guidance on how best to allocate students to groups. If groups can be engineered to contain compatible people, then the process of group work may be easier and more pr... Read More about Assigning Students in Group Work Projects. Can We Do Better than Random?.

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

No abstract available.

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.