Group projects: More learning? less fair? a conundrum in assessing postgraduate business education

Authors: Nordberg, D.

Journal: Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volume: 33

Issue: 5

Pages: 481-492

eISSN: 1469-297X

ISSN: 0260-2938

DOI: 10.1080/02602930701698835

Abstract:

Group projects form a large and possibly growing component of the work undertaken for assessing students for postgraduate degrees in business. Yet the assessments sources, methods and purposes result in an array of combinations that the literature on assessment fails to capture in its full complexity. This paper builds on a new framework for discussing the assessment of group projects and reports on an exploratory piece of empirical research to examine the questions posed in the title: Is there more learning? The answer is a solid, if less than emphatic yes. Is it less fair? Probably, but what is the alternative?. © 2008 Taylor & Francis.

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Group projects: more learning? Less fair? A conundrum in assessing postgraduate business education

Authors: Nordberg, D.

Journal: ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Volume: 33

Issue: 5

Pages: 481-492

eISSN: 1469-297X

ISSN: 0260-2938

DOI: 10.1080/02602930701698835

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Group projects: More learning? Less fair? A conundrum in assessing postgraduate business education

Authors: Nordberg, D.

Journal: Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

Volume: 33

Issue: 5

Pages: 481-492

ISSN: 0260-2938

DOI: 10.1080/02602930701698835

Abstract:

Group projects form a large and possibly growing component of the work undertaken for assessing students for postgraduate degrees in business. Yet the assessments sources, methods and purposes result in an array of combinations that the literature on assessment fails to capture in its full complexity. This paper builds on a new framework for discussing the assessment of group projects and reports on an exploratory piece of empirical research to examine the questions posed in the title: Is there more learning? The answer is a solid, if less than emphatic yes. Is it less fair? Probably, but what is the alternative?

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