Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning
Very few studies (e.g., Arnold, 1998; Joosten-ten Brinke, et al., 2009) have examined the ways in which evaluators assess students’ prior learning. This investigation explored the ways that evaluators described students’ prior learning in final assessment reports at a single, multiple-location insti...
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| author | Nan L. Travers Bernard Smith Leslie Ellis Tom Brady Liza Feldman Kameylah Hakim Bhuwan Onta Maria Panayotou Laurie Seamans Amanda Treadwell |
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| description | Very few studies (e.g., Arnold, 1998; Joosten-ten Brinke, et al., 2009) have examined the ways in which evaluators assess students’ prior learning. This investigation explored the ways that evaluators described students’ prior learning in final assessment reports at a single, multiple-location institution. Results found four themes; audience, voice, presentation of the learning, and evaluation language. Within each theme, further sub-themes are defined. These results are significant for training evaluators on how to discuss student learning and for institutions to consider in relationship to the purpose behind the evaluations. Further research and implications are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9187ca55509f43cca84004e3f5b4507c2022-12-21T22:58:36ZengAthabasca University PressInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning1492-38312011-01-0112110.19173/irrodl.v12i1.946Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learningNan L. Travers0Bernard Smith1Leslie Ellis2Tom Brady3Liza Feldman4Kameylah Hakim5Bhuwan Onta6Maria Panayotou7Laurie Seamans8Amanda Treadwell9SUNY/Empire State CollegeSUNY/Empire State CollegeSUNY/Empire State CollegeSUNY/ Empire State CollegeSUNY/Empire State CollegeSUNY/Empire State CollegeSUNY/Empire State CollegeSUNY/Empire State CollegeSUNY?Empire State CollegeSUNY/Empire State CollegeVery few studies (e.g., Arnold, 1998; Joosten-ten Brinke, et al., 2009) have examined the ways in which evaluators assess students’ prior learning. This investigation explored the ways that evaluators described students’ prior learning in final assessment reports at a single, multiple-location institution. Results found four themes; audience, voice, presentation of the learning, and evaluation language. Within each theme, further sub-themes are defined. These results are significant for training evaluators on how to discuss student learning and for institutions to consider in relationship to the purpose behind the evaluations. Further research and implications are discussed.http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/946Prior Learning AssessmentAssessing Learning |
| spellingShingle | Nan L. Travers Bernard Smith Leslie Ellis Tom Brady Liza Feldman Kameylah Hakim Bhuwan Onta Maria Panayotou Laurie Seamans Amanda Treadwell Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Prior Learning Assessment Assessing Learning |
| title | Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning |
| title_full | Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning |
| title_fullStr | Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning |
| title_short | Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning |
| title_sort | language of evaluation how pla evaluators write about student learning |
| topic | Prior Learning Assessment Assessing Learning |
| url | http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/946 |
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