2006 Register of Research and Scholarly Activity in Wintec: Dr. Tom Cockburn School of Education and Social Development

Abstract

Innovation, effectiveness and accuracy in the methods tertiary providers use to assess their students are under the spotlight in a current Wintec study. Research Co-Leaders Dr. Tom Cockburn and Dr. Pat Reid are working with a team of researchers to identify and document innovative assessment strategies currently in use within a range of New Zealand tertiary institutions. The information gathered will be used to produce a set of case studies and recommendations to assist staff in New Zealand tertiary education organisations to include innovative assessment strategies in their teaching. The $85,000 project is one of only seven proposals chosen out of 27 applications to the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) 2006 funding round and it’s the only one focusing on assessment – an area identified by MOE as lacking in research.