Chris Rust

Biographic Data

ID8901748
NAMEChris Rust
GIVEN NAMESChris
FAMILY NAMERust
SIGNATURERUST C
AFFILIATIONSOxford Brookes University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX0

  • A scholarly approach to solving the feedback dilemma in practice

    Berry M O’donovan, Berry O’Donovan et al.ARTICLEAssessment & Evaluation in Higher…2016

    It is clear from the literature that feedback is potentially the most powerful and potent part of the assessment cycle when it comes to improving further student learning. However, for some time, there has been a growing amount of research evidence that much feedback practice does not fulfil this potential to influence future student learning because it fails in a host of different ways. This dilemma of the disjuncture between theory and practice…

  • If I was going there I wouldn’t start from here

    Margaret Price, Jude Carroll et al.ARTICLEAssessment & Evaluation in Higher…2011

    Assessment is currently in the spotlight for its poor ratings in student satisfaction surveys and 'under performance' in quality reviews. Consequently, a variety of initiatives and projects are being undertaken aimed at improving assessment. However, many of the concepts and theories underpinning assessment practice are complex and interrelated, which can mean that relatively simple and apparently minor changes can have major, and often unintende…

  • Towards a scholarship of assessment

    Chris RustARTICLEAssessment & Evaluation in Higher…2007

    The article comments on the requirement for universities to write teaching and learning strategies as part of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund in Great Britain. Most of the universities renamed the strategies into learning, teaching and assessment. There was no focus on assessment of teaching and learning.\n

  • A social constructivist assessment process model

    Chris Rust, Berry M O’donovan et al.ARTICLEAssessment & Evaluation in Higher…2005

    Although assessment is acknowledged as vitally important in its effect on students’ approaches to learning, there is much criticism of assessment practice. This paper argues that if a social constructivist approach is applied to the assessment process many of the problems could be overcome. It describes what a social constructivist approach to assessment would look like and gives practical examples, from the research literature, of ways it could …

  • Know what I mean? Enhancing student understanding of assessment standards and criteria

    Berry M O’donovan, BERRY O'DONOVAN et al.ARTICLETeaching in Higher Education2004

    In recent years there has been an increasing emphasis in higher education on the explicit articulation of assessment standards and requirements, whether this emanates from calls for public accountability or is based on ideas of good educational practice (CitationEcclestone, 2001). We argue in this article that a single‐minded focus on explicit articulation, whilst currently the dominant logic of higher education, will inevitably fall short of pro…

  • Improving Students' Learning by Developing their Understanding of Assessment Criteria and Processes

    Chris Rust, Margaret Price et al.ARTICLEAssessment & Evaluation in Higher…2003

    This paper reports the findings of a two-year research project focused on developing students' understanding of assessment criteria and the assessment process through a structured intervention involving both tacit and explicit knowledge transfer methods. The nature of the intervention is explained in detail, and the outcomes are analysed and discussed. The conclusions drawn from the evidence are that student learning can be improved significantly…

  • The Impact of Assessment on Student Learning

    Open AccessChris RustARTICLEActive Learning in Higher Education2002

    In the context of a worldwide paradigm shift towards student-centred outcomes-based approaches, and at a time when many UK departments are developing learning, teaching and assessment strategies, this article reviews what the research literature says about the impact of assessment on students’ learning. It then proceeds to translate that into practical suggestions for practice with the specific intention that this should help to inform department…