Transforming Assessment: Through an Interplay Between Practice, Research and Policy
About this ebook
The book provides insights about:
- The concept of competence within the STM domains and its relevance for education
- The conceptualisation and teaching of four key competences: scientific inquiry, mathematical problem-solving, design processes, and innovation.
- Fundamental aspects of the two main purposes of assessment, formative and summative, the relations between the two purposes and ways of linking them.- The main challenges related to the uptake of formative assessment in daily teaching-learning practices in STM and specifically, the usability of formative on-the-fly dialogue, structured assessment dialogue, peer assessment and written teacher feedback.
- The systemic support measures and tools teachers need in order to integrate formative assessment of student learning into their classroom practices and how it can conflict with summative assessment practices.
- How research-based strategies for the formative use of assessment can be adapted to various European educational traditions to ensure their effective use and avoid undesirable consequences.
- How relevant stakeholders can be invited to take co-ownership of research results and how a productive partnership between researchers, policy makers, and teachers can be established.
- Concrete research vistas that are still needed in international assessment research.
