Varying outcomes of flexible assessment Archives

Results of cross-faculty ‘capstone’ assessments involving nursing and performing arts students

Posted on 6 January 2021

“Self-reflection and peer review are empowering forms of assessment that require engagement and involvement, and students are often best placed to provide feedback on each other’s technical and interpersonal performance...Self-reflection and peer review also help students prepare for their post-graduation work environments and duties, which has positive implications for the development of future mentors and […]

Why Do I Study? The Mediating Effect Of Motivation And Self-Regulation On Student Performance

Posted on 6 January 2021

The present study is designed to improve understanding of personal and situational effects on academic performance. This study examines relationship between flexible assessment system and academic performance mediated by self-regulation and academic motivation. This study also investigates moderated gender as a variable on the relationship models...The results indicate that academic motivational construct is a strong […]

Assessing the Use of Flexible Assessment

Posted on 6 January 2021

“From the analysis presented it appears that using a flexible assessment approach has been well received and appreciated by students. It allows students some power of choice and thus a feeling of being more in control of their own learning approach. It has not increased the amount of administrative work...It appears that students who have […]

The Impact of a Flexible Assessment System on Students' Motivation, Performance and Attitude

Posted on 6 January 2021

“We find that allowing students to finalize their allocations late in the term significantly and positively impacts motivation, grades and attitudes. The results suggest that self-regulated learning skills may be enhanced if students have an opportunity to make more informed choices. This enables them to develop a better understanding of their strengths and weaknesses by […]

Students’ choices and achievement in large undergraduate classes using a novel flexible assessment approach

Posted on 6 January 2021

“This indicates that there is strong appetite among students for personalising their assessment scheme, but a sizable portion would prefer to use the values proposed by the instructor...Having too many options may cause ‘choice overload’ and produce negative effects, including reduced motivation to choose and/or less satisfaction with the option selected (Scheibehenne, Greifeneder, and Todd […]

Flexible Weighting in Online Distance Education Courses

Posted on 6 January 2021

“Initial findings suggest that those students who chose a flexible weighting option not only experienced less stress and anxiety, but improved their outcomes as the majority of students who chose the flexible weighting option also achieved a better grade (a range of 0.2% - 6.% higher) than they would have if they had followed the […]