Language of Evaluation: How PLA Evaluators Write about Student Learning

dc.creator	Nan L. Travers
dc.creator	Bernard Smith
dc.creator	Leslie Ellis
dc.creator	Tom Brady
dc.creator	Liza Feldman
dc.creator	Kameyla Hakim
dc.creator	Bhuwan Onta
dc.creator	Maria Panayotou
dc.creator	Laurie Seamans
dc.creator	Amanda Treadwell
dc.date	2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:37:05Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:37:05Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a930e59ce3ea4f85b9c4f56ed75d75db
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23038
dc.description	Very few studies (e.g., Arnold, 1998; Joosten-ten Brinke, et al., 2009) have examined the ways in which evaluators assess students’ prior learning. This investigation explored the ways that evaluators described students’ prior learning in final assessment reports at a single, multiple-location institution. Results found four themes; audience, voice, presentation of the learning, and evaluation language. Within each theme, further sub-themes are defined. These results are significant for training evaluators on how to discuss student learning and for institutions to consider in relationship to the purpose behind the evaluations. Further research and implications are discussed.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/946/1758
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2011)
dc.subject	Prior learning assessment
dc.subject	assessing learning
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Language of Evaluation: How PLA Evaluators Write about Student Learning
dc.type	article