NATS 1700 Chapter 16: Conditions Under Which Assessment Supports Students’ Learning (Students' Conceptions of Learning)
2 Jan 2018
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Nats 1700 conditions under which assessment supports students" learning. Whatever feedback this student"s tutor gives will be interpreted in the light of this student"s conceptions of what the tutor really wants or what the task really consists of. Many academic tasks make little sense to students. This inevitably causes problems when they come to read feedback about whether they have tackled this incomprehensible task appropriately. Students" conceptions of learning: underlying above students" confusion about what the tutor really wants could be an unsophisticated conception of learning. Students have one of five conceptions of learning: 1. Learning as active memorization of information or procedures, to be used at some time in the future 4. Learning as a change in personal reality: seeing the world differently. A student with conceptions of learning 1, 2 or 3 might have trouble interpreting feedback that stated: not enough discussion" if they had accurately provided the tutor with information they had diligently collected.
