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SUMMARY:Cambridge Assessment Network: Alternatives to written examinations
  - Dr Jackie Greatorex 
DTSTART:20130618T093000Z
DTEND:20130618T113000Z
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CONTACT:Elizabeth Ford
DESCRIPTION:How can candidates’ knowledge\, skills and understanding be 
 assessed when their evidence is ephemeral? For instance how can oral commu
 nication and interpersonal skills be assessed? What are the alternatives t
 o written examinations? How valid and reliable are these alternatives? Dr 
 Jackie Greatorex will explore these questions using a small number of case
 s. This session will be particularly useful for people involved in the dev
 elopment of syllabus and designing of assessments for which evidence is ep
 hemeral or written examinations do not seem appropriate. Some familiarity 
 with assessment is assumed.\n\nSpeaker biography\n\nJackie joined Cambridg
 e Assessment in 1997 as a researcher and in 2005 she was appointed to her 
 current position as Principal Research Officer\, Educational and Psycholog
 ical Studies\, in Assessment Research and Development Division at Cambridg
 e Assessment. She leads research on general and vocational qualifications 
 and sits on the editorial board of Research Matters: a Cambridge Assessmen
 t publication. Her publications include works on cognitive strategies\, re
 search methods\, teaching strategies\, developing and applying descriptors
  and comparability. Jackie’s conference papers address grading and pedag
 ogical practices among other issues. Previously\, Jackie worked at the Uni
 versity of Derby researching education and professional development. She h
 as a PhD\, a Master of Arts from Cambridge University\, a Masters in Educa
 tional Assessment and a BSc (Hons) in Combined Studies (Psychology and Mat
 hematics).\n
LOCATION:Hughes Hall\, Mortimer Road\, Cambridge\, UK
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