Assessment methods in medical education have evolved substantially over recent decades, incorporating a variety of tools designed to evaluate both basic recall and higher order cognitive skills.

In today’s evidence-driven world, there is increasing demand for researchers with the skills to design, conduct, and evaluate studies that help institutions and schools improve their decision-making ...

Assessment of student learning can be conducted using a variety of available instruments and methods. Many experts believe that a combination of assessment approaches can be the most effective way to ...

Before determining your assessment methods, you should identify the type and level of student learning you want to evaluate. Class size and discipline area, whether students will complete assessments ...

Direct Assessment refers to any method of collecting data that requires students to demonstrate a knowledge, skill, or behavior, normally as part of the regular educational experience of students in ...

The Division of Evaluation, Assessment and Education Research within the School of Medicine provides expertise, advising and administrative support related to program evaluation, performance ...

Indirect Measures of student learning ask students to reflect on or self-assess their learning rather than demonstrate it. This can include measures of students’ knowledge, skills, attitudes, and ...

Research & Evaluation Methodology (REM) is a community for intellectually curious, and academically motivated students who want to learn about quantitative research methods for analyzing research ...

Capstone courses integrate knowledge, concepts, and skills associated with an entire sequence of study in a program. This method of assessment is unique because the courses themselves become the ...

The Ph.D. in educational statistics and research methods (ESRM) prepares students interested in statistics, psychometrics, education measurement, assessment and evaluation to develop, critically ...

Dr Naomi Winstone has received funding from the Society for Research into Higher Education. david.boud@deakin.edu.au has received funding from the Australian Research Council. University of Surrey ...