Title: Student-centred assessment
Course: Digivisio - Assessment

Student-centred assessment

The purpose of assessment is to promote learning and guide the student in improving their skills. Student-centred assessment means taking the student diversely into consideration in the assessment of learning; for example, the student's individuality, competence and learning goals.

Methods for student-centred assessment include:

- students’ active participation in assessing their learning
- transparency of the assessment process
- students' opportunity to give feedback on the learning process
- feedback received by the student on the achievement of learning outcomes
- versatile assessment methods
- clear assessment criteria and deadlines
- addressing the student's individual needs

Assessment guides learning and studying more than anything else in learning situations, which makes it the key factor in learning. (Segers & Dochy, 2006; Hodgson & Pang, 2012) Students invest in aspects that affect assessment in their studies. (Biggs & Tang, 2007) The feedback that follows assessment should motivate, encourage and promote learning.