Optimizing assessment workload and student experience: a quantitative and qualitative analysis of an undergraduate subject restructure

2024/12/11 by Giselle Allsopp, Sarah Elizabeth Wooding, Jan West +1 · 1 voice
Engineering · Social Sciences · #Engineering Education and Pedagogy #Evaluation of Teaching Practices #Experimental Learning in Engineering

paper · doi:10.1152/advan.00095.2024

openalex publication_date 2024/12/11 · openalex created_date 2024/12/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

We showed that reducing the number of assessment submissions did not initially decrease students' perceived workload. Rather, producing more support materials for assessments and holding more support sessions by academic staff appeared to be most effective at fostering a positive student experience and students' perception of academic workload.

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