ERIC Number: EJ1091289
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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The Relationship between Classroom Assessment and Undergraduates' Learning within Chinese Higher Education System
Guo, Fangfang; Shi, Jinghuan
Studies in Higher Education, v41 n4 p642-663 2016
Although assessment and improvement of student performance is the focus of much research around the world, investigation of this topic is rare in Chinese higher education. The present study is the first to explore the relationship between classroom assessment and student learning in Chinese higher education institutions based on the data from Chinese College Student Survey (CCSS) 2011. First, the study describes how undergraduates experience and evaluate assessment carried out at the curriculum level. Second, the study investigates whether a structural model of classroom assessment on student learning represents the national data of CCSS. Third, the study explores the relationship between classroom assessment and undergraduates' learning process and outcome. The results suggest that the assessment characterized by communication and conversation between academic staff/faculty and students has larger effect on student learning than the assessment without communication and conversation. The major messages for Chinese higher education are the importance of making examinations part of rather than the end of learning, the importance of integrating paper/report writing into learning, and the importance of providing meaningful and timely feedback to students about their assessment tasks. Perhaps most importantly overall is the need for better communication between faculty and students.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Undergraduate Study, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Feedback (Response), Academic Achievement, Colleges, Outcomes of Education, Educational Improvement, Structural Equation Models
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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