Academic, Employer and Student Collaborative Assessment in a Work‐based Cooperative Education Course

ABSTRACT

This paper describes an assessment method that was adopted for a work‐based co‐operative education course that forms part of a BBS degree programme. An innovative feature of the course is the collaborative process used for assessing student achievement. The student's on‐site project work is assessed jointly by the student, employer and academic supervisor. At this stage of the course's implementation feedback from the three parties indicates that there is general support for this collaborative assessment process. However, analysis of the grading practices of the three parties has produced some interesting preliminary findings, particularly in relation to gender differences.