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Direct linkYorke, Mantz; Orr, Susan; Blair, Bernadette – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
There has long been the suspicion amongst staff in Art & Design that the ratings given to their subject disciplines in the UK's National Student Survey are adversely affected by a combination of circumstances--a "perfect storm". The "perfect storm" proposition is tested by comparing ratings for Art & Design with those…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, National Surveys, Art Education, Design
Yorke, Mantz – Studies in Higher Education, 2011
Much grading of student work is based, overtly or tacitly, on assumptions derived from scientific measurement. However, the practice of grading and the cumulation of grades into an overall index of achievement are socially constructed activities that fall a long way short of what is expected of scientific measurement. If scientific measurement is…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Grading, Summative Evaluation, Scientific Methodology
Yorke, Mantz – Studies in Higher Education, 2010
Assessors in higher education are often faced with the need to grade student work on lengthy scales. Is such fine granularity in assessment really necessary? The question can be addressed at different levels of the assessment system: here the focus is on the difference that would be made to honours degree classifications if so-called percentage…
Descriptors: Law Students, Higher Education, Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Knight, Peter; Tait, Jo; Yorke, Mantz – Studies in Higher Education, 2006
Educational professional development is a global concern. It is often characterised by event-delivery methods, though there are signs that other approaches are gaining favour. The authors stress the significance of non-formal learning, and the ways in which it can be promoted and enhanced within the activity systems within which teachers in higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Education, Higher Education, Faculty Development
Peer reviewedBaume, David; Yorke, Mantz – Studies in Higher Education, 2002
Analyzed the assessments of 53 portfolios used to evaluate participants in a development course for higher education teachers at the United Kingdom's Open University. Findings included a high reliability in assessment at the level of course outcomes, and that cumulation of component assessments is very likely to reduce the reliability of overall…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interrater Reliability, Portfolio Assessment
Yorke, Mantz; Knight, Peter – Studies in Higher Education, 2004
The self-theories of students and teachers are a neglected aspect of higher education, yet are important mediators of students' development and achievement. Theoretical considerations and empirical findings are brought to bear on the implications of self-theories for student development, and for the development of academic staff.
Descriptors: Student Development, Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
