Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2010 Dec;15(5):695-715. doi: 10.1007/s10459-010-9232-9. Epub 2010 May 9.
It has become axiomatic that assessment impacts powerfully on student learning, but there is a surprising dearth of research on how. This study explored the mechanism of impact of summative assessment on the process of learning of theory in higher education. Individual, in-depth interviews were conducted with medical students and analyzed qualitatively. The impact of assessment on learning was mediated through various determinants of action. Respondents' learning behaviour was influenced by: appraising the impact of assessment; appraising their learning response; their perceptions of agency; and contextual factors. This study adds to scant extant evidence and proposes a mechanism to explain this impact. It should help enhance the use of assessment as a tool to augment learning.
评估对学生的学习有很大的影响，这已经是不言而喻的事实，但关于具体影响方式的研究却少之又少。本研究探讨了总结性评估对高等教育理论学习过程的影响机制。通过对医学生进行个体深入访谈，并进行定性分析。评估对学习的影响是通过各种行动决定因素来实现的。被调查者的学习行为受到以下因素的影响：评估评估的影响；评估他们的学习反应；他们对能动性的看法；以及背景因素。本研究增加了很少的现有证据，并提出了一种解释这种影响的机制。它应该有助于提高评估作为增强学习的工具的使用。
