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Ipsative assessment is a powerful new approach that provokes a radical rethink of the purposes and methods of assessment. This book presents a case for partially replacing competitive assessment with ipsative assessment, and it explores the possibilities and the challenges with research evidence and case studies.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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A Fresh Look at Assessment
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The Effects of Competition on Assessment: Making a Case for Ipsative Assessment
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Front Matter
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Ipsative Assessment in Practice: Challenges and Visions
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Back Matter
Reviews
“Ipsative Assessment provides an insightful look into the philosophies, principles, processes, and realities of assessment in education and beyond. Hughes’s argument in favour of empowering learners and teachers provides a thought-provoking take on the potential and the limitations of assessment that is certain to make this book a favourite with teachers, learners, and educational assessment stakeholders alike.” (Paraskevi Mylona, London Review of Education, Vol. 13 (3), December, 2015)
"The take-home message from Ipsative Assessment: Motivation through Marking Progress is that ipsative assessment is not new, but formal institutional systems adopting this perspective are scarce. Therefore, in order to successfully support students' learning, institutions need to adopt a dual system approach that combines traditional purposes of assessments (e.g., competition) with processes that support scaffolded learning (i.e., ipsative assessment)." - British Journal of Educational Studies
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Gwyneth Hughes is Reader in Higher Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She is a co-author of Learning Transitions in Higher Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ipsative Assessment
Book Subtitle: Motivation through Marking Progress
Authors: Gwyneth Hughes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137267221
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Education Collection, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-26721-4Published: 07 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-44335-2Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-26722-1Published: 07 May 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 226
Topics: Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Educational Psychology, Teaching and Teacher Education, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Higher Education