Assessing Assessment & Evaluation
29 10 2008After doing a report on effective assessment and evaluation, I got my paper back and realised that I had passed, but I didn’t do too well compared to my other assignments. I talked about it with my teacher and she gave me an extra 2 marks as I was able to justify something in my assignment that she gave me the lowest mark for.
Don’t get me wrong, I trust my lecturer’s judgement and she marked it fair and true, but other than the odd few comments through out the paper there was no real evidence of evaluation in the marking. This teacher had not left any general comments for me to reflect on, or any decent constructive feedback. I therefore saw the head of the unit and asked for him to give me some fair, valid and explicit feedback as to where I lost marks.
Just yesterday, I got a page full of typed feedback about the assignment. And yes, it was fair, valid and explicit. I really appreciated the fact that he gave me indepth points as to what I needed to have focussed on. The head of the unit took time out to evaluate my assignment, so he could give me constructive comments on what I need to work on.
I find it ironic that my assignment on effective assessment and evaluation, didn’t get the effective evaluation it deserved at first. We work hard on the assignments and so I expect our lecturers to give us the constructive feedback we need.
sock it to ‘em josh
its soo true i mean the hours u would have put in, i think its a joke that u had to go to the head of department to get a decent feedback, imagine if all the students had to do that, whats the point of ur lecturer even marking it the first time?!?
i say now that u have studied it, they should leave it to you riiight?