Teaching and Learning Conference 2019: Mark my words: Improving our explanations of assessment and feedback for students and staff

NSS scores show that many higher education institutions have difficulty in managing student expectations around assessment and feedback. This presentation reports on a project that seeks to identify mismatches in assumptions and expectations around assessment and feedback between students and staff and to provide them with clearer explanations of the processes roles and purposes of assessment and feedback. The session will enable participants to understand better the differing perspectives around assessment and feedback and to think about the ways to align differing perspectives. In addition they will be exposed to an innovative approach to gathering data about these issues through cartoons.