Managing complex assessment interventions: research within research
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Paper/Presentation Title | Managing complex assessment interventions: research within research |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Evans, Carol A. (Author), Winstone, Naomi E. (Author), Hughes, Annie (Author), Zhu, Xiaotong (Author), Balloo, Kieran (Author) and Kyei, Chantal (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | The Changing Shape of Higher Education - Can Excellence and Inclusion Cohabit?: Conference Programmme and Book of Abstracts |
Number of Pages | 1 |
Year | 2018 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://srhe.ac.uk/arc/conference2018/downloads/SRHE_Conf_2018_Programme_Papers.pdf |
Conference/Event | Society for Research into Higher Education International Research (SRHE) Conference 2019 |
Event Details | Society for Research into Higher Education International Research (SRHE) Conference 2019 Delivery In person Event Date 05 to end of 07 Dec 2018 Event Location Newport, United Kingdom Event Web Address (URL) |
Abstract | Managing complex assessment interventions within higher education is especially challenging given transparency, accountability, equity, and value for money agendas impacting higher education (Caspersen, Smeby, & Aamodt, 2017; Mountford-Zimdars, Sabri, Moore, Sanders, Jones, & Higham, 2015). Institutional responses to such agendas directly impact work at the project implementation level requiring increasing agility and adaptability in the current HE climate.
This paper highlights the importance of evaluative processes as a central component of project design. We describe a process to explore the experiences of those leading and managing a complex assessment intervention focused on promoting the self-regulatory development of undergraduate students in three higher education institutions in the UK. In doing so, it highlights the importance of an iterative evaluative approach embedded within the project design and the complexities inherent in trying to implement the project in practice, mindful of the need for rigour regarding the use of data, choice of methodologies, and inferences that could reasonably be deduced from the research. The need for ongoing evaluation as integral to project management is highlighted. Tools and approaches to support this evaluative process as part of ‘research within research’ will be elucidated and shared. |
Keywords | complex interventions, assessment, evaluation, research within research |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390402. Education assessment and evaluation |
390303. Higher education | |
Public Notes | Abstract #0598. Abstract only published. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Southampton, United Kingdom |
University of Surrey, United Kingdom | |
Kingston University, United Kingdom | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7030/managing-complex-assessment-interventions-research-within-research
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