Assessment in university physics education
- Responsibility
- Peter Main
- Publication
- Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]
- Physical description
- 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color)
- Series
- IOP series in physics education.
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Available online
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Main, Peter C., author.
- Contributor
- Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
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- 5. Experimental and other skills
- 5.1. Investigative work
- 5.2. Projects
- 5.3. Types of assessment
- 5.4. Examples of assessment criteria
- 5.5. General remarks
- 6. Summaries and suggestions
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Emergent issues
- 6.3. Suggestions for improvement
- 6.4. Summary
- 1. Introduction and the purposes of assessment
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Purposes of assessment
- 1.3. General remarks
- 2. Methods of assessment
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2 Norm and criterion referencing
- 2.3. Difficulty and scaling
- 2.4. Types of assessment
- 2.5. Students with disabilities
- 2.6. Concluding remarks
- 3. What are we assessing?
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Testing physics programmes
- 3.3. Assessment of teamwork
- 3.4. Final remarks
- 4. Timed examinations
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Structure and nomenclature
- 4.3. Quality control
- 4.4. Marking
- 4.5. Analysis of examination papers
- 4.6. General remarks
- Summary
- Assessment is an important part of any education programme. However, following tradition, many academics offer modules that are lecture-based with a formal unseen examination as the principal assessment. This book explores issues regarding student assessment in university-level physics education
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Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2022
- Series
- IOP series in physics education
- Note
- "Version: 20220501"--Title page verso
- Audience
- University teachers of physics and related subjects worldwide
- Note
- Also available in print
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader
- Note
- Professor Peter Main joined the University of Nottingham as a Lecturer in Physics in 1979. Following promotions to Reader and Professor, he became Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy. In 2002, he joined the Institute of Physics as Director of Education and Science, where he had overall responsibility for the Institute's work in education at all age levels, research and diversity
- ISBN
- 9780750338516 ebook
- 9780750338509 mobi
- 9780750338493 print
- 9780750338523 myPrint
- 0750338512 (ebook)
- 0750338504 (electronic bk.)
- DOI
- 10.1088/978-0-7503-3851-6
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