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The assessment of complex tasks: a double reading

Pages 663-679 | Published online: 15 Aug 2006

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Margaret Blackie & Kathy Luckett. (2022) Building knowledge for higher education: engaging with the legacy of Suellen Shay. Teaching in Higher Education 27:8, pages 953-961.
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John Batten, Tansy Jessop & Phil Birch. (2019) Doing what it says on the tin? A psychometric evaluation of the Assessment Experience Questionnaire. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 44:2, pages 309-320.
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Nicola Reimann & Linda Allin. (2018) Engaging the wider academic community in a postgraduate certificate in academic practice: the issue of standards. International Journal for Academic Development 23:4, pages 286-297.
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J. D. Snowball & S. McKenna. (2017) Student-generated content: an approach to harnessing the power of diversity in higher education. Teaching in Higher Education 22:5, pages 604-618.
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Jane Hudson, Sue Bloxham, Birgit den Outer & Margaret Price. (2017) Conceptual acrobatics: talking about assessment standards in the transparency era. Studies in Higher Education 42:7, pages 1309-1323.
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Sue Bloxham, Birgit den-Outer, Jane Hudson & Margaret Price. (2016) Let’s stop the pretence of consistent marking: exploring the multiple limitations of assessment criteria. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 41:3, pages 466-481.
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Sue Bloxham & Margaret Price. (2015) External examining: fit for purpose?. Studies in Higher Education 40:2, pages 195-211.
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Ian P. Herbert, John Joyce & Trevor Hassall. (2014) Assessment in Higher Education: The Potential for a Community of Practice to Improve Inter-marker Reliability. Accounting Education 23:6, pages 542-561.
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Birgit den Outer, Karen Handley & Margaret Price. (2013) Situational analysis and mapping for use in education research: a reflexive methodology?. Studies in Higher Education 38:10, pages 1504-1521.
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Sue Annetts, Una Jones & Robert van Deursen. (2013) An innovative review of an undergraduate dissertation double marking policy. Innovations in Education and Teaching International 50:3, pages 308-317.
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Monica McLean, Andrea Abbas & Paul Ashwin. (2013) The use and value of Bernstein’s work in studying (in)equalities in undergraduate social science education. British Journal of Sociology of Education 34:2, pages 262-280.
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Martin Johnson & Stuart Shaw. (2012) Interpreting examiners' annotations on examination papers: a sociocultural analysis. Irish Educational Studies 31:4, pages 467-485.
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Sue Bloxham & Pete Boyd. (2012) Accountability in grading student work: securing academic standards in a twenty-first century quality assurance context. British Educational Research Journal 38:4, pages 615-634.
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Teresa McConlogue. (2012) But is it fair? Developing students’ understanding of grading complex written work through peer assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 37:1, pages 113-123.
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Sue Bloxham, Peter Boyd & Susan Orr. (2011) Mark my words: the role of assessment criteria in UK higher education grading practices. Studies in Higher Education 36:6, pages 655-670.
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Jonathan Tummons. (2011) ‘It sort of feels uncomfortable’: problematising the assessment of reflective practice. Studies in Higher Education 36:4, pages 471-483.
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Ellen Hurst. (2010) The identity reflected in the assessment criteria for a professional Honours degree thesis. African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 14:2, pages 71-84.
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D. Royce Sadler. (2009) Indeterminacy in the use of preset criteria for assessment and grading. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 34:2, pages 159-179.
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Pete Boyd & Sue Bloxham. (2014) A situative metaphor for teacher learning: the case of university tutors learning to grade student coursework. British Educational Research Journal 40:2, pages 337-352.
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Susan Orr. (2011) ‘Being an artist you kind of, I mean, you get used to excellence’: Identity, Values and Fine Art Assessment Practices. International Journal of Art & Design Education 30:1, pages 37-44.
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Peter Knight & Mantz Yorke. (2008) Assessment close up: The limits of exquisite descriptions of achievement. International Journal of Educational Research 47:3, pages 175-183.
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Suellen Shay. (2008) Researching assessment as social practice: Implications for research methodology. International Journal of Educational Research 47:3, pages 159-164.
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