Enquiry-based learning and formative assessment environments: student perspectives
Journal Article
Sambell, K. (2010)
Enquiry-based learning and formative assessment environments: student perspectives. Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 4(1), 52-61
This paper outlines case study research into first-year students’ experiences of enquiry based learning (EBL) on a year-long introductory theory module. Students were supporte...
Using enquiry-based learning to support research informed teaching in the first-year experience
Book
Sambell, K. (2009)
Using enquiry-based learning to support research informed teaching in the first-year experience. Northumbria University
This guide discusses a project that was funded by Northumbria University’s research-informed teaching (RiT) initiative: ‘The Impact of Enquiry-Based Learning: student perspect...
The role of formative ‘low-stakes’ assessment in supporting non-traditional students’ retention and progression in higher education: student perspectives
Journal Article
Sambell, K., & Hubbard, A. (2004)
The role of formative ‘low-stakes’ assessment in supporting non-traditional students’ retention and progression in higher education: student perspectives. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 6(2), 25-36
There is little doubt that strategies to widen participation in UK higher education are having a significant impact on institutions, curricula and staff (Collins & Lim, 2002)....
Informal feedback : feedback via participation
Report
Sambell, K. (2014)
Informal feedback : feedback via participation. Hong Kong: Centre for the enhancement of teaching and learning (CELT
This Briefing has been written by Professor Kay Sambell at the invitation of the HKU Wise Assessment Project. Its theme, capitalising on opportunities for informal feedback to...
Assessment for learning : a brief history and review of terminology
Conference Proceeding
McDowell, L., Sambell, K., & Davison, G. (2009)
Assessment for learning : a brief history and review of terminology. In C. Rust (Ed.), Improving student learning : improving student learning through the curriculum : proceedings of the 16th international symposium, (56-64
This paper examines terms which are currently used to describe what has come to be known as assessment for learning. Relevant terms include formative assessment, assessment fo...
Watch this space: childhood, picturebooks and comics
Journal Article
Gibson, M., Nabizadeh, G., & Sambell, K. (2014)
Watch this space: childhood, picturebooks and comics. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 5(3), 241-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2014.943013
This is a special issue of Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics exploring the relationships of picturebooks and comics with notions of childhood. There have been productive re...
Rethinking feedback : an assessment for learning perspective
Book
Sambell, K., Gibson, M., & Montgomery, C. (2007)
Rethinking feedback : an assessment for learning perspective. Northumbria University Press
Feedback is becoming an increasingly vexed issue in
higher education. Lecturers routinely spend a great
deal of time reading and annotating students’ work,
only to worry that ...
Real time feedback in large classes
Conference Proceeding
Sambell, K. (2015)
Real time feedback in large classes. In N. Fernandez, I. S. Talledo, & E. Ruiz (Eds.), Proceedings of Ninth International Congress on Formative and Shared Assessment in Higher Education, Universidad Cantabria,
No abstract available.
Assessment and the Expanded Text: students' perceptions of the changing English curriculum
Presentation / Conference
Sambell, K. & Johnson, R. (1998, July)
Assessment and the Expanded Text: students' perceptions of the changing English curriculum. Paper presented at Higher Education Close Up Conference, University of Central Lancashire, Preston
The question of how assessment impacts on what students study and learn, and the lifelong learning models individuals develop whilst at university, have been the subject of mu...
Fitness for purpose in the assessment of learning: students as stakeholders
Journal Article
Mcdowell, L., & Sambell, K. (1999)
Fitness for purpose in the assessment of learning: students as stakeholders. Quality in Higher Education, 5(2), 107-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/1353832990050202
A fitness‐for‐purpose approach to determining the quality of assessment practices in higher education requires the consideration of the perspectives of a range of stakeholders...