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assessment , feedback and marking practices assessment , feedback and marking practices 1 Contents Page 1. Introduction 2 2. Executive summary 4 3. Key themes 5 4. Context 6 5. Objectives 8 6. Summary of research studies 9 7. Summary of findings and implications for practice 35 8. Conclusions and recommendations 36 9. Literature review 38 10. Further resources 40 11. People 41 assessment , feedback and marking practices 2 1. Introduction assessment and feedback is a troublesome area in the HE sector. Repeated National Student Surveys (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009) show that students are least satisfied with this aspect of their experience, researchers point out that practices are not underpinned by pedagogical theory (Rust, 2007), and staff frequently feel that they are overburdened with increasing marking loads and fewer resources.

Assessment, feedback and marking practices 3 Since this work is not a ‘project ‘in the usual sense but rather a series of inter-connected research

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