{"product_id":"testing-times","title":"Testing Times","description":"\u003cp\u003eAssessment dominates our lives but its good intentions often produce negative consequences. An example that is central to this book is how current forms of assessment encourage shallow ‘for-the-test’ learning. It is true to say that as the volume of assessment increases, confidence in what it represents is diminishing. This book seeks to reclaim assessment as a constructive activity which can encourage deeper learning. To do this the purpose, and fitness-for–purpose, of assessments have to be clear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon Stobart critically examines five issues that currently have high-profile status: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eintelligence testing \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elearning skills \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eaccountability \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe ‘diploma disease’ \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eformative assessment \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eStobart explains that these form the basis for the argument that we must generate assessments which, in turn, encourage deep and lifelong learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book raises controversial questions about current uses of assessment and provides a framework for understanding them. It will be of great interest to teaching professionals involved in further study, and to academics and researchers in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57310482071934,"sku":"NW9780415404754","price":42.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780415404754.jpg?v=1778582705","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/testing-times","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}