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Development and evaluation of an intervention to improve further education students' understanding of higher education assessment criteria: three studies

Authors :
Anna Jessen
James Elander
Source :
Journal of Further and Higher Education. 33:359-380
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2009.

Abstract

This paper reports three studies about preparing Further Education (FE) students for the transition to Higher Education (HE) by improving their understanding of HE assessment criteria. In study 1, students and tutors in both FE and HE were interviewed for a qualitative analysis of their understandings and expectations about assessment criteria. In study 2, students in FE and HE completed questionnaires measuring self‐rated understanding and ability about assessment criteria, and beliefs about essay writing. Studies 1 and 2 both showed that FE students were more confident than HE students about their understanding and ability in relation to assessment criteria, but FE students' understandings suggested more surface approaches to learning and more naive epistemological beliefs. In study 3, a workshop intervention to improve FE students' understandings of HE assessment criteria was evaluated in a comparative longitudinal trial. The intervention reduced FE students' self‐rated understanding and ability, and p...

Details

ISSN :
14699486 and 0309877X
Volume :
33
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Further and Higher Education
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........372b53c7a6e850117155eecf543fc2de
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/03098770903272461