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Assessment in university physics education
Author
Title
Assessment in university physics education / Peter Main.
ISBN
9780750338516
9780750338509
9780750338493
9780750338523
Publication
Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
"Version: 20220501"--Title page verso.
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Biographical / Historical Note
Professor Peter Main joined the University of Nottingham as a Lecturer in Physics in 1979. Following promotions to Reader and Professor, he became Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy. In 2002, he joined the Institute of Physics as Director of Education and Science, where he had overall responsibility for the Institute's work in education at all age levels, research and diversity.
Summary
Assessment is an important part of any education programme. However, following tradition, many academics offer modules that are lecture-based with a formal unseen examination as the principal assessment. This book explores issues regarding student assessment in university-level physics education.
Variant and related titles
IOP ebooks.
Other formats
Also available in print.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 15, 2022
Series
[IOP release $release]
IOP series in physics education
IOP ebooks. [2022 collection]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Audience
University teachers of physics and related subjects worldwide.
Contents
5. Experimental and other skills
5.1. Investigative work
5.2. Projects
5.3. Types of assessment
5.4. Examples of assessment criteria
5.5. General remarks
6. Summaries and suggestions
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Emergent issues
6.3. Suggestions for improvement
6.4. Summary.
1. Introduction and the purposes of assessment
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Purposes of assessment
1.3. General remarks
2. Methods of assessment
2.1. Introduction
2.2 Norm and criterion referencing
2.3. Difficulty and scaling
2.4. Types of assessment
2.5. Students with disabilities
2.6. Concluding remarks
3. What are we assessing?
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Testing physics programmes
3.3. Assessment of teamwork
3.4. Final remarks
4. Timed examinations
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Structure and nomenclature
4.3. Quality control
4.4. Marking
4.5. Analysis of examination papers
4.6. General remarks
Subjects
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.
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