Title:

Student self-assessment and its impact on learning

-- a pilot study.
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Author(s):
Dearnley CA; Meddings FS
Affiliation:
School of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Trinity Road,
Bradford, Yorkshire BD5 0BB, United Kingdom.
Source:
Nurse Education Today (NURSE EDUC TODAY), 2007 May; 27(4):
333-40 (32 ref)
Publication Type:
journal article - forms, research
Language:
English
Major Subjects:
Self Assessment; Student Performance Appraisal; Students,
Nursing
Minor Subjects:
Action Research; Audiorecording; Constant Comparative Method;
Content Analysis; Convenience Sample; Exploratory Research;
Faculty Attitudes--Evaluation; Faculty, Nursing; Field Notes;
Learning; Multimethod Studies; Research Instruments; Semi-
Structured Interview; Student Attitudes--Evaluation; Thematic
Analysis; United Kingdom
Abstract:
Student self-assessment is widely reported to offer numerous
advantages to the learner. It is a popular practice for empowering
students and the advantages are claimed to incorporate
increased dialogue between students and teachers and the
development of skills that encompass critical awareness and
reflectivity. It is, potentially, a process that may enable health
care practitioners to be lifelong learners, equipped with the skills
for autonomy in learning and professional practice. As such it
might be viewed as an essential element of the curriculum. This
paper reports on a study designed to evaluate the
implementation of self-assessment among student health care
practitioners. The pilot study examined the impact of self-
assessment on learning and how the process was perceived by
students and staff. Findings indicated that a varied approach had
been taken to its implementation, which had significant
repercussions in the way in which it was perceived by students.
Similarly, there was a varied approach taken by students to the
process of self-assessment and this had significant repercussions
for its overall value as a learning tool. The outcomes of this study
provide a sound rational for maintaining and expanding the
practice of student self-assessment and important lessons for the
process of doing so.
Journal Subset:
Nursing; Peer Reviewed; UK & Ireland
Special Interest:
Nursing Education
ISSN:
0260-6917
MEDLINE Info:
PMID: 16870309 NLM UID: 8511379
Entry Date:
20070720
Accession Number:
2009585857
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