International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Volume 5, Number 1, January 2011
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The Unscholarly Use of Numbers in Our Assessment Practices: What Will Make Us Change?
On being invited to write something informative or evocative I really
couldn't resist the temptation to be a little provocative and return
to a theme that I have touched on before (Rust, 2007), and is a particular
bête noir of mine. Although I have to admit that, given I have no reason
to believe that what I wrote previously has had any discernable impact,
there is a slight sense of futility even as...
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Chris Rust Oxford Brookes University
Oxford, England, UK
crust@brookes.ac.uk
I initially trained as a teacher of English, and taught in high schools for 11 years. I have been at Oxford Brookes University since 1989 and have been the Deputy Director of two Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs) at Brookes. Currently, I am Professor of Higher education, Head of the Oxford Centre for Staff & Learning Development, and Deputy Director of the Directorate of Human Resources. I have researched and published on a range of issues including the experiences of new teachers in HE, the positive effects of supplemental instruction, the effectiveness of workshops as a method of staff development, ways of diversifying assessment, improving student performance through engagement in the marking process. I have been exploring the design, development and use of social learning space in universities. I achieved a Ph.D. by publication in 2003.