In February, I attended my first TESTA session via zoom, and although only attending as an observer and studying a course completely different to the one being addressed, within five minutes of the session, I was completely engrossed. It seemed … Continue reading...
Tag: assessment
Putting the ‘Ex’ in Exams?
I didn’t finish Uni quite how I thought I would (to put it mildly). Ignoring, for now, the slightly terrifying world I’ll be graduating into (which is something I’m getting quite good at), one big change was in the way … Continue reading...
The Big Scary Word Beginning with C (not that one)
This might not seem like a time of opportunity. Everything is cancelled or postponed, and it seems like our worlds are shrinking (both metaphorically, and physically – something I’m acutely aware of as I’m currently working out of my dad’s … Continue reading...
The Examined Casualty
Last week I attended an ‘Emergency First Aid at Work’ training course. I had minor concerns about whether I would be able to use the defibrillator correctly (nailed it) and whether we’d be made to look at gory images of … Continue reading...
Assessing Large Cohorts
With class sizes on the rise with little give any where else to balance this, getting creative with the way you assess your large cohort is essential. We’ve researched the best ways to engage your class with assessment, reduce (or … Continue reading...
Assessing Large Cohorts
With class sizes on the rise with little give any where else to balance this, getting creative with the way you assess your large cohort is essential. We’ve researched the best ways to engage your class with assessment, reduce (or … Continue reading...
The Primary Experience: What Can We Learn about Cross-Institutional Changes?
The following post was written by Dr. Isabel Hopwood-Stephens, a TESTA Researcher.
As one of the TESTA researchers attached to BILT, I’m going to be involved in collecting and analysing data about Bristol undergraduates’ experience of assessment. The aim of … Continue reading...
My Retirement from Competitive Baking
Yesterday, after an excruciating three-week wait, it was the Education Services Charity Bake Off Final. I had made it through to the final after winning my heat (cheese and rosemary scones, if you must know) and I had been practising … Continue reading...
Strategic Students and Question Spotting
The following piece was written by Helen Heath, a BILT Fellow, Reader in Physics and (soon to be!) University Education Director (Quality).
Why do we think that students being strategic in their learning is a bad thing? Is this an … Continue reading...
Assessing Celebrity Cultures
Rumour had it that both the teaching and assessment on the third-year English Literature Celebrity Cultures module was pushing boundaries to introduce students to new ways of thinking. Intrigued, I arranged a meeting with its unit leaders, Rowena Kennedy-Epstein and … Continue reading...