The role of assessment in learning is crucial. Provide feedback to students and staff Help to consolidate work done Establish a level of achievement at the end of a module. Students do need regular guidance about their performance and CAA, if properly used, can achieve this without increasing the demands on staff. CAA can provide individually tailored feedback to students responses to questions feedback is instant, and can direct students to relevant sections of a book or tutors notes. Independent learning is desirable.
Students can test themselves to see if they have achieved their goals.
The CAA group was established in October 2000. It has University-wide representation and its aims are to establish the infrastructure to allow widespread access to CAA by staff and students, and to promote sound pedagogical practice and to provide a forum where staff can share ideas and creative practice in assessment. Long Learning Designed by Michael Rowland , year 3 B.Sc.