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Approaching assessment through Critical-Theory-Oriented Reflection Diaries (SRDs). (The scholarship of teaching and learning).

Academic Exchange Quarterly

| March 22, 2002 | wa Mwachofi, Ngure; Mwachofi, Ari Katini | COPYRIGHT 2002 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

This essay is based on a PowerPoint presentation made for the AAHE Assessment Conference 2000 in Charlotte, NC on June 17, 2000 that was scheduled as a Concurrent Interactive Session. It discusses the "Student Reflection Diary" (SRD), an assessment approach developed by the authors in the past five years. Before proceeding to read the entire essay, readers are advised to acquaint themselves with appendices A & B.

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In order to ground the discussion on assessment in scholarship, we review relevant literature (Shermis, 1992; Paul, 1993; wa Mwachofi et al 1995; Angelo, 1999; Mentowski & Associates, 2000). In his concluding ...

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