Developing formative assessments for postgraduate students in engineering

This paper outlines an approach taken to produce computer-based formative assessments for two modules in a one-year taught MSc programme in Road Management and Engineering. It presents the aims of the assessments, the taxonomy adopted to ensure that the formulation of the questions addressed learning outcomes related to the development of higher order skills and the choice of software used. Further, the students’ qualitative perception of the assessments is presented together with a discussion on key elements that affected the implementation procedure. This included an understanding of the higher order skills assessed, knowledge of the facilities offered by the software to be used, and the commitment needed to designing, delivering and improving flexible learning materials.     

Governance and decision-making in higher education

Concluding Observations From the presentations of the survey outcomes is has become clear that substantial differences exist between both types of institutions as well as between countries. To a large extent, the results for the universities in particular still reflect the dominant notion of professional expertise, especially where the primary processes of teaching and research are concerned. At the same time, it also has become clear that the role of the central institutional administration is a non-negligible factor in higher education, especially for what we can call the ‘non-primary processes’ issues. With respect to differences between countries, the study shows substantial variation between the countries. This alone appears to provide sufficient basis to question the general assumption of the continental model. On the European continent clearly different institutional governance systems exist, and it would appear logical to relate these to the different ways in which national governments in these systems have changed their policies and policy priorities over the years. However, to shed further light on these differences, a more detailed analysis of the data will have to be performed, for example relating the survey out-comes to differences in governmental steering paradigms.     

Equality,prioritising the disadvantaged,and the new educational landscape

This paper takes Mary Warnock’s paper in the first issue of the Oxford Review of Education as its starting point, and explores how both philosophical thinking about equality in education and the landscape of educational provision have changed. It articulates a view of justice in education that emphasises benefiting the least advantaged; and shows that detailed philosophical thinking about values can be valuable for making policy decisions, while also showing that deploying careful value considerations is not a straightforward exercise.     

Technology of Film

Harry M. Geduld's The Birth of the Talkies: From Edison to Jolson (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975---$12.50)

Donald Heraldson's Creators of Life: A History of Animation (New York: Drake, 1975---$14.95)

Emil E. Brodbeck's Handbook 6f Basic Motion Picture Techniques (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1975, 2nd edition---$l0.95)     

Production Guides

Martin Clifford's Microphones: How They Work and How to Use Them (Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: TAB Books, 1977—$8.95/ 5.95)

James Carroll and Ronald Sherriffs, TV Lighting Handbook ($12.95, 226 pp.)

Harry Kybett, The Complete Handbook of Videocassette Recorders ($9.95/5.95, 280 pp.)

Dave Ingram, The Complete Handbook of Slow-Scan TV ($14.95/9.95, 304 pp.)

G. Paul Smeyak's Broadcast News Writing (Columbus, Ohio: Grid Publishing, 1977—$7.95, paper)     

Popular Music

Brian Rust The American Record Label Book (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1978— $20.00)

Bill Harry Mersey Beat: The Beginnings of the the Beatles (London: Omnibus Press/New York: Quick Fox, 1978—E2.50/$4.95, paper)

Mary Laverne Dimmick The Rolling Stones: An Annotated Bibliography (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1978—$7.95)

Judith Glassman The Year in Music: 1978 (New York: Crown Publishers, 1978—$15.95)

Lionel Salter The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Classical Music: A Guide to Composers and Recommended Recordings (New York: Crown Books (Harmony Books)/London: Salamander Books, 1978—$17.95/8.95)

Gerald Bordman American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle (New York: Oxford University Press, 1978—$35.00)     

Telecommunications

Robert Lee Chartrand and James W. Norentz, Jr., eds. Information Technology Serving, Society (Oxford and New York: Pergamon Press, 1979—E12.50/$25.00)

Rosario Joseph Tosiello, The Birth and Early Years of the Bell Telephone System: 1376-1880 (New York: Aicno Press, 1979—$32.00)

James E. Brittain, ed. Turning Points in American Electrical History (New York: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Press [dist. by John Wiley], 1977– $20.00, paper)

Harry L. Van Trees, ed. Satellite Communications (New York: IEEE/John Wiley, 1979—$27.00, paper with a hardback edition available)

Dave Ingram's Oscar: The Ham Radio Satellites (Blue Ridge Summit, Pa: Tab Books, 1979—$8.95/4.95)

Clayton Hallmark's How to Repair Old-Time Radios (Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: Tab Books, 1979—$12.95/7.95)

Telecommunications Law Reform (American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1150 17th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036 —price not given, paper)     

Canada

EACH MOMENT AS IT FLIES, writings by Harry Bruce (Toronto: Methuen, 1984--- $18.95; 283 pp.)

CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1984--$29.95 176 pp.):

JOHN GRIERSON AND THE NFB (Toronto: ECW Press, 1984---$8.95, paper, 155 pp.)

JOHN GRIERSON AND THE NATIONAL FILL BOARD: THE POLITICS OF WARTIME PROPAGANDA by Gary Evans (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1984---$24.95, 329 pp.)

NEWS ACCOUNTS OF ATTACKS ON WOMEN A COMPARISON OF THREE TORONTO NEWSPAPERS by Sophia E. Voumakis and Richard V Ericson (Toronto: University of Toront( Centre of Criminology, 1984---$5.00 paper, 98 pp.)

LOOKING FOR TROUBLE: A JOURNALIST'S LIFE...AND THEN SOME by Peter Worthington (Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1984--- $24.95, 470 pp.)

PROCEEDINGS OF COMMUNICATION IN THE 80'S: MAJOR ISSUES edited by T. McPhail and S. Hamilton (Calgary: University of Calgary Communications Studies Program, 1985---$15.00, 162 pp.)

THE NEWSPAPERING MURRAYS by Georgina Keddell (Toronto: Goodread Biographies, 1984---$5.95, paper, 301 pp.)

BORDEN SPEARS: REPORTER, EDITOR, CRITIC compiled and edited by Dick MacDonald (Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1984--$12.95, paper, 220 pp.)

THE THOMSON EMPIRE by Susan Goldenberg (Toronto: Methuen, 1984--$24.95, 260 pp.)

BYLINE CANADA: THE 1984 NATIONAL NEWSPAPER AWARDS edited by Andrew MacFarlane (Toronto: Methuen, 1984-- $12.95, paper, 206 pp.)

CULTURE STATISTICS: NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS, 1981 (Ottawa: Education, Culture and Tourism Division, Statistics Canada, 1983---$6.35, paper, 52 pp.)

CHINA HANDS: THE GLOBE AND MAIL IN PEKING by Charles Taylor (Toronto: Mc- Clleland and Stewart, 1984---$16.95, 363 pp.)

LOVE'S SWEET RETURN: THE HARLEQUIN STORY by Margaret Ann Jensen (Toronto: The Women's Press, 1984---$9.95, paper, 188 pp.)

THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER: A WRITER'S GUIDE FOR THE NORTHWEST (Vancouver: International Self-Counsel Press, 1984---$10.95, paper, 122 pp.)

MANAGING DIVERSITY: FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL COLLABORATION AND THE COMMITTEE ON EXTENSION OF SERVICES TO NORTHERN AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES by Catherine A. Murray (Kingston, Ontario: Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Qns, Queens University, 1983---$19.00, 173 pp.)

MOVEMENTS AND MESSAGES: MEDIA AND RADICAL POLITICS IN QUEBEC by Marc Raboy (Toronto: Between the Lines, 1984--- $18.95, 165 pp.)

CANADIAN POLITICS THROUGH PRESS REPORTS edited by Donald C. Wallace and Frederick J. Fletcher (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1984---$11.95, paper, 227 pp.)

MEDIA AND ELECTIONS IN CANADA by Walter Soderland, et al. (Toronto: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984---$9.95, paper, 163 pp.)

ADVERTISING MANAGEMENT IN CANADA by Rene Darmon and Michael Laroche (Toronto: Wiley Canada, 1984--$33.95, 577 pp.)

THE DYNAMICS OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR by Winston Mahatoo (Toronto: Wiley Canada, 1985---$34.95)

FINDING CANADIAN FACTS FAST by Stephen Overbury (Toronto: Methuen, 1985 ---$19.95, 192 pp.)