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Continuous Assessment: A Preliminary Study Of Student Engagement In The Assessment Process, Edmund Nevin, Eileen Mageean, Marisa Llorens
Continuous Assessment: A Preliminary Study Of Student Engagement In The Assessment Process, Edmund Nevin, Eileen Mageean, Marisa Llorens
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This paper provides an objective analysis of student engagement with continuous assessment over a three year period. The results of two groups of students from different stages of a modularised level seven engineering programme were examined. As both groups had taken modules where they studied numerical differentiation, this topic was selected and the corresponding assessment results and attendance of both groups were analysed.
Two assessment methods were used to evaluate student engagement. The first method of assessment required the student to complete a laboratory assignment and submit it within a specified period of time. The second method of assessment involved …