{"id":1814,"date":"2016-04-15T23:50:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T13:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/teaching@sydney\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2016-08-14T10:17:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T00:17:04","slug":"assessment-professional-judgement-53-powerful-ideas-teachers-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/assessment-professional-judgement-53-powerful-ideas-teachers-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessment and professional judgement &#8211; 53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graham <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Gibbs\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_GB\">Gibbs<\/span> revisits the notion that objective <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"assessement\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_GB\">assessment<\/span> is likely to be near impossible. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seda.ac.uk\/resources\/files\/publications_200_43%20Title%20Most%20assessment%20involves%20%28unreliable%29%20professional%20judgement%20-%20and%20is%20all%20the%20better%20for%20it.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.seda.ac.uk\/resources\/files\/publications_200_43%20Title%20Most%20assessment%20involves%20%28unreliable%29%20professional%20judgement%20-%20and%20is%20all%20the%20better%20for%20it.pdf\">Idea 43: Most assessment involves (unreliable) professional judgement and is all the better for it<\/a>, <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Gibbs\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_GB\">Gibbs<\/span> suggests that the time devoted to second and third marking might better be devoted to discussion of assessors&#8217; decision-making especially at the points of assessment design, marking and moderation. This can be achieved by markers &#8211; perhaps teams of tutors alongside more experienced markers &#8211; sitting in the same room when marking. By comparing notes and discussing difficult papers, the different interpretations and judgements can be brought out in the open and unwanted variations reduced.<\/p>\n<p><em>Graham <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Gibbs\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_GB\">Gibbs<\/span> is one of the UK&#8217;s most well known advocates of improving university learning and teaching. With his colleagues (<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Habeshaw\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_GB\">Habeshaw<\/span> &amp; <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Habeshaw\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_GB\">Habeshaw<\/span>), he was responsible for the very popular &#8217;53 Interesting Ideas&#8217; books series that have supported countless teachers (new and experienced) to navigate their way through tricky classroom and curriculum dilemmas. <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Gibbs\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_GB\">Gibbs<\/span>&#8216; <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"blog\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_GB\">blog<\/span> &#8217;53 Powerful Ideas all Teachers Should Know About&#8217; offers a research summary of key issues, and is hosted by the Staff and Educational Development Association (<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"SEDA\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_GB\">SEDA<\/span>) in the UK.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Gibbs revisits the notion that objective assessment is likely to be near impossible. 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