Department of Organisation and Personnel Management, Rotterdam School of Managem, Netherlands
Feedback is important, but writing high-information feedback for students can be unrewarding for educators, given the limited time and resources available for grading. To address this issue, we created a new student assessment methodology for unstructured and semi-structured assignments, such as essays and presentations, which aims to provide an efficient and effective approach to the creation of high-information feedback and fair assessment so as to optimize the positive impact of assessment on students’ learning and development. The approach, which we termed Harmonized Appraisal (HAPP), uses the grader’s input on a relatively detailed grading form to compute the student’s scores on a conventional rubric and to aggregate a high-information feedback message by leveraging a comment bank. In this session, we present the basic principles on which the approach builds, discuss the key findings from our research on HAPP, and will give participants the opportunity to get some hands-on experience with HAPP methodology. After the session, participants should be able to implement the HAPP methodology in their own institutions and courses.
This session is part of the Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC@AOM). A separate TLC@AOM registration fee of $120 (USD) is required. Space is limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline to register is 11 August, unless sold out. Register for TLC@AOM.