Cambridge Assessment Podcast
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Discover the latest podcasts from the Cambridge Assessment Group
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Epistemic ascent and curriculum design | Academic subjects are generally assumed to be composed of propositional rather than practical knowledge. | 9/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Learning, Teaching and the Brain | Teachers must be cautious when they find ideas that allege some sort of basis in neuroscience. But there are some positive things such as the effective exercise on learning and the need for children to learn something about their own brain and what effect this can have on their achievement. | 9/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Digging for validity: an interview with archaeologist Dr Lewis | Developing new ways of assessing extra-curricular achievement | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Education changes under the Coalition Government | This seminar looks at the educational changes that have emerged since the coalition government came to power and assesses their impact on the educational system and the design and delivery of qualifications. | 8/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Plagiarism in UK Law schools: is there a postcode lottery? | This seminar illustrates the need to raise student awareness of the importance of developing appropriate skills for research and referencing before embarking on a university degree. | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can pre-schools support children to become better learners | Measuring 'quality' in early education - determining whether pre-schools can support children to become better learners | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Developing a new linear qualification: how difficult can it be? A case study: Cambridge Pre-U | This presentation will provide an account of the background, development and implementation of the Cambridge Pre-U. | 6/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Assessment for Higher Education entry: admissions testing | This seminar will consider the place of admissions testing, in the overall range of assessment options for Higher Education entry. | 6/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The effects of modular GCSE examinations on students' outcomes, motivation and workload | This seminar will present the findings from a research project analysing students' performances and attitudes towards modularisation in two GCSE subjects. | 2/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Resits in high-stakes examinations: the unusual case of A levels | Research findings suggest that, due to a lack of appreciation for the rationale behind the modular system, no control of resits and the highly competitive nature of selection by universities, the resit policy has produced some undesirable effects when it comes to actual practice in sixth-form education. | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Degrees of success: Progressing to Higher Education through vocational pathways | Widening participation in Higher Education crucially depends upon recruiting more young people from vocational pathways. But what sorts of opportunities do such learners access in Higher Education? | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Linking assessments to international frameworks of language proficiency | Interpreting test performance (against the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) in this case) is at the heart of test validity. Thus if CEFR alignment is important for an exam, it should impact every relevant stage of design and administration. It cannot be a one-off exercise. Cambridge ESOL's approach will be presented as an illustration of this. We will also present the SurveyLang project coordinated by Cambridge ESOL, due to deliver the European Survey on Language Competences in 2011. | 11/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Incomprehensible? Inexpressible? Inconceivable? The very idea of inter-subject comparability | This seminar will trace the history of investigations into inter-subject comparability in England, aiming to shed light on implicit and, occasionally, explicit statements of principle. It will analyse the emergence of early implicit conceptions and will illustrate how potential alternative conceptions have largely remained unrecognised, despite their potential utility. | 11/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Today's assessment jungle: a view from the regulator | Ofqual's regulation stretches from the early years through the key stages, GCSEs, A levels and diplomas to vocational and occupational qualifications. Ofqual monitors assessments, reviews standards and has a major programme focused on reliability. What has the regulator found in its regulatory work on the significant developments that 2010 has brought? How do the outcomes help Ofqual fulfil its mission to ensure that these assessments are valued and trusted by learners, users and the wider public? | 11/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Summative assessment by teachers: Designing a system that is fit for purpose | This presentation will review the design features to be taken into account if systems of assessment in which teacher judgement has a role are to be robust enough to meet the expectations of students, policy-makers and the wider public. | 10/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Revisioning assessment through a children’s rights approach | This seminar examines the implications of international human rights standards for assessment practice. | 6/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Looking at alternative approaches for assessing science practical skills | Good science courses provide plenty of opportunities for students to explore and develop their understanding of scientific ideas through practical work. It is often argued that, to encourage school practical work, the students’ practical skills need to be formally assessed by examination or coursework but is this really necessary and if so, what is the best way to do this? | 6/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Competitive admissions to Higher Education | UCAS applications to UK Higher Education institutions, the number of A-levels awarded an A grade and high achieving students exceeding the minimum entry requirements are all on the increase. In this context, the increasing numbers of well-qualified applicants presents institutions with a real challenge: how can they choose between applicants in a way that is consistent, fair, transparent and predictive of their future academic success? | 6/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reviewing the impact of changes in the assessment of GCSEs | New GCSE qualifications were introduced for first teaching in England, Wales and Northern Ireland September 2009. These new GCSEs included changes such as controlled assessment, unitisation and entry, aggregation and terminal rules. This seminar discusses the implications of these changes, both for schools and for awarding bodies such as OCR. | 5/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How effective are assessments of Citizenship in England? | Dr Mary Richardson, Centre for Beliefs, Rights and Values in Education, Roehampton University, considers the value of assessing Citizenship in the context of the findings from an empirical study conducted in secondary schools across England. | 3/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Critical Thinking - its role, value and impact upon driving attainment | Seminar highlighting how an explicit focus on Critical Thinking can enhance the attainment of pupils of all backgrounds and abilities, following recent research. | 2/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Formative assessment: A critical review | Guest speaker Randy Bennet looks at six inter-related issues in formative assessment (aka, ‘Assessment for Learning’). The issues concern the definition of formative assessment, the claims commonly made for its effectiveness, the limited attention given to domain considerations in its conceptualisation, the underrepresentation of measurement principles in that conceptualisation, the teacher-support demands formative assessment entails, and its place in the larger educational system. | 2/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Standards at A-Level: Sources of Evidence | Concerns that ‘standards are falling’ continue to dominate public debate. What are the sources of data to which we should turn to illuminate issues of standards, and what degree of confidence should we have in the different explanations of trends in standards? | 2/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What can we learn from cross-national comparisons of education and training? | Guest speaker Professor David Raffe explains how caution and care is essential in order to draw robust conclusions from international comparisons about different national education systems. | 10/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Assessment Form and Function | It is often not recognised that the form of an assessment can have as much influence on outcomes as the construct being assessed. We often use traditional assessment techniques without recourse to the available evidence base. This talk, by Professor Peter Tymms, Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, Durham University, explores issues involved with the form of assessments and their link to function. | 9/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Where are we with National Testing | Despite successive failures in administration and accumulating evidence of extreme washback effects into the curriculum, national assessment and associated accountability measures remain a solid part of English education policy. This presentation reviews the history of development in national testing in England, and looks at alternatives which are and aren't being considered, and at the most likely direction of future developments. | 7/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Testing and Identity | For many years, assessment has shaped the way we learn and the way we teach. But, claims a top educational expert, the use of ‘labels’ in testing can make it a destructive process. Speaking at a recent forum ‘Testing and Identity’ hosted by the Cambridge Assessment Network, guest speaker Gordon Stobart – of the Institute of Education, University of London – delivered a thought-provoking talk that explored how the power of testing can determine how we think about ourselves and others, and how we learn. | 6/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Formative Assessment Revisited | A recent seminar ‘Formative Assessment Revisited’ hosted by the Cambridge Assessment Network explored some of the reasons why people are becoming adherents to Assessment for Learning in the light of the amount of evidence available. | 5/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Does emotional intelligence affect exam success? | A panel of educational experts have recently debated the concept of ‘emotional intelligence’ and whether it could – and should be – a part of teaching today. | 5/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What is happening to 14-19 education in England today? | Clara Kenyon, Qualifications Director at OCR, describes some of the key changes taking place in England's education system today. | 5/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ensuring comparability in a diverse and unregulated qualification market | In this talk Professor Coe will propose a structure for doing this. Examples will be given, together with a discussion of pros and cons of different approaches. | Free | View In iTunes | |
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Assessing assessment - progress or politics? | Assessment industry (awarding bodies) should refocus its activities on applied research and development in assessment methodology. The industry should produce assessment tools and professional development for teachers and a much slimmed down external verification service. | Free | View In iTunes | |
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Comparability of examination standards: understanding of the issues and directions for the future | In this seminar a panel of key staff will discuss the issues surrounding comparability and will engage in debate with the audience about methods for establishing comparability, public understanding of the issues and directions for the future. | Free | View In iTunes | |
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What can we learn from the British Birth Cohort Studies? | In this presentation, Professor Jane Elliott will introduce some of the landmark research carried out using longitudinal evidence from the cohort studies, and examine some of the opportunities for future research as the studies develop. | Free | View In iTunes | |
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How can we improve the quality of marking in our examinations and what does that mean for validity? | How can we improve the quality of mark schemes and their use? Ayesha will outline a taxonomy of the kinds of mark schemes that are currently used in examining in the UK and discuss what makes a good mark scheme, based on the best practice observed in the study quoted above. | Free | View In iTunes | |
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Inter-subject comparability, forced policy-making and the social responsibility of awarding bodies | A frequent claim of awarding bodies is that standards are comparable across assessments in different subject areas. And if they are not, the awarding bodies can make them comparable through appropriate statistical techniques, or so the argument goes. It is not surprising that in many countries such brave statements are received with suspicion and mistrust by the stakeholders. | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 36 Episodes |
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