Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning

Very few studies (e.g., Arnold, 1998; Joosten-ten Brinke, et al., 2009) have examined the ways in which evaluators assess students’ prior learning. This investigation explored the ways that evaluators described students’ prior learning in final assessment reports at a single, multiple-location insti...

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Autores principales:	Nan L. Travers, Bernard Smith, Leslie Ellis, Tom Brady, Liza Feldman, Kameylah Hakim, Bhuwan Onta, Maria Panayotou, Laurie Seamans, Amanda Treadwell
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2011
Materias:	Prior Learning Assessment Assessing Learning Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9187ca55509f43cca84004e3f5b4507c2021-12-02T16:59:55ZLanguage of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning10.19173/irrodl.v12i1.9461492-3831https://doaj.org/article/9187ca55509f43cca84004e3f5b4507c2011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/946https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Very few studies (e.g., Arnold, 1998; Joosten-ten Brinke, et al., 2009) have examined the ways in which evaluators assess students’ prior learning. This investigation explored the ways that evaluators described students’ prior learning in final assessment reports at a single, multiple-location institution. Results found four themes; audience, voice, presentation of the learning, and evaluation language. Within each theme, further sub-themes are defined. These results are significant for training evaluators on how to discuss student learning and for institutions to consider in relationship to the purpose behind the evaluations. Further research and implications are discussed.Nan L. TraversBernard SmithLeslie EllisTom BradyLiza FeldmanKameylah HakimBhuwan OntaMaria PanayotouLaurie SeamansAmanda TreadwellAthabasca University PressarticlePrior Learning AssessmentAssessing LearningSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2011)
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spellingShingle	Prior Learning Assessment Assessing Learning Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Nan L. Travers Bernard Smith Leslie Ellis Tom Brady Liza Feldman Kameylah Hakim Bhuwan Onta Maria Panayotou Laurie Seamans Amanda Treadwell Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning
description	Very few studies (e.g., Arnold, 1998; Joosten-ten Brinke, et al., 2009) have examined the ways in which evaluators assess students’ prior learning. This investigation explored the ways that evaluators described students’ prior learning in final assessment reports at a single, multiple-location institution. Results found four themes; audience, voice, presentation of the learning, and evaluation language. Within each theme, further sub-themes are defined. These results are significant for training evaluators on how to discuss student learning and for institutions to consider in relationship to the purpose behind the evaluations. Further research and implications are discussed.
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author	Nan L. Travers Bernard Smith Leslie Ellis Tom Brady Liza Feldman Kameylah Hakim Bhuwan Onta Maria Panayotou Laurie Seamans Amanda Treadwell
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title	Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning
title_short	Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning
title_full	Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning
title_fullStr	Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning
title_full_unstemmed	Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning
title_sort	language of evaluation: how pla evaluators write about student learning
publisher	Athabasca University Press
publishDate	2011
url	https://doaj.org/article/9187ca55509f43cca84004e3f5b4507c
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Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning

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