Reading list: M-level
Masters level assessment: References and wider reading
Assessment Reform Group (1999) Assessment for Learning: Beyond the black box, Cambridge UK, University of Cambridge School of Education.
Boud, D. (1995) Enhancing learning through self-assessment, London: Routledge.
Boud, D. and Associates (2010) Assessment 2020: seven propositions for assessment reform in higher education, Sydney: Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
Brown, G. with Bull, J. and Pendlebury, M. (1997) Assessing Student Learning in Higher Education, London: Routledge.
Brown, S. Rust, C. & Gibbs, G. (1994) Strategies for Diversifying Assessment, Oxford: Oxford Centre for Staff Development.
Brown, S. and Glasner, A. (ed.) (1999) Assessment Matters in Higher Education, Choosing and Using Diverse Approaches, Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Brown, S. and Knight, P. (1994) Assessing Learners in Higher Education, London: Kogan Page.
Bloxham, S., and Boyd, P. (2007) Developing assessment in Higher education: a practical guide, Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Bloxham, S. Assessment for Learning, Unpublished paper for HEA.
Crooks, T. (1988) Assessing student performance, HERDSA Green Guide No 8 HERDSA (reprinted 1994).
Casey, J. (2002) On-line assessment in a masters-level policy subject: participation in an on-line forum as part of assessment, Wagga Wagga, Australia: Centre for the study of higher education, Charles Sturt University.
Dunn, S. and Singh, K. A. (2009) Analysis of M-level modules in interdisciplinary nanotechnology education, Cranfield, UK: Nanotechnology Centre, Department of Materials, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University.
Elwood, J. and Klenowski, V. (2002) Creating Communities of Shared Practice: the challenges of assessment use in learning and teaching. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 27(3), pp.243-256.
Earl, L. (2003) Assessment as Learning, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Fry, H., Pearce, R. and Bright, H. (2007) Re-working resource-based learning – a case study from a masters programme, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 44(1), pp.79-91.
Falchikov, N. (2004) Improving Assessment through Student Involvement: Practical Solutions for Aiding Learning in Higher and Further Education, London: Routledge.
Flint, N. R. and Johnson, B. (2011) Towards fairer university assessment: recognising the concerns of students, London: Routledge.
Geographical Association. (no date) GTIP Think Piece – Writing at Masters Level. Available online: http://www.geography.org.uk/gtip/thinkpieces/writingatmasterslevel/
Gibbs, G. (1999) Using assessment strategically to change the way students learn, in Brown S. and Glasner, A. (eds.), Assessment Matters in Higher Education: Choosing and Using Diverse Approaches, Maidenhead: SRHE/Open University Press.
Haworth, A., Perks, P. and Tikly, C. (2009) Developments with Mathematics M-Level PGCE Provision and Assessment. University of Manchester, University of Birmingham, University of Sussex, online at http://itemaths.org.uk/oldsite/iteissues/developments-with-mathematics-m-level.pdf (accessed November, 2011).
Klenowski, V., Askew, S. and Carnell, E. (2006) Portfolios for learning, assessment and professional development in higher education, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 31(3), pp.267-286.
Knight, P. and Yorke, M. (2003) Assessment, learning and employability, Maidenhead, UK: SRHE/Open University Press.
M level PGCE (2007) ESCalate ITEM level PGCE seminar at the University of Gloucestershire on January 9th 2007.
Mentkowski, M. and associates (2000) Learning that lasts: integrating learning development and performance in college and beyond San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Pickford, R. and Brown, S. (2006) Assessing skills and practice London: Routledge.
QAA (2010) Masters Degree Characteristics
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/benchmark/masters/MastersDegreeCharacteristics.pdf
Rust, C., Price, M. and O’Donovan, B. (2003) Improving students’ learning by developing their understanding of assessment criteria and processes, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 28 (2), 147-164.
Seymour, D. (2005) Learning Outcomes and Assessment: developing assessment criteria for Masters-level dissertations. Brookes eJournal of Learning and Teaching , 1(2).
Ward, H. and Barratt, J. (2009) Passing Your Advanced Nursing OSCE: A Guide to Success in Advanced Clinical Skills Assessment: 1 (Masterpass). Milton Keynes, UK: Radcliffe Publishing.
Wharton, S. (2003) Defining appropriate criteria for the assessment of master’s level TESOL Assignments, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 28(6), pp.649-664.
