Ali, Shameem and Ho, Henry Wai Leong (2007) Using assessment tasks to shift focus to learning rather than evaluating students. Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, 11 (1). pp. 269-274. ISSN 1540-1200

Abstract

This paper investigates students working on case analysis as a part of the summative assessment in an undergraduate marketing subject, with the aim of developing student’s analytical, strategic thinking, problem solving skills and knowledge of marketing principles. The results indicated that a large majority of students preferred working on the analysis of the cases given as their assignments and perceived getting a high grade on these assignments. Overall students found case analysis to be more rewarding than other forms of assessment. These findings have several implications for the design of assessable assignments, which take into account the general student tendency to avoid deeper learning in preference to surface learning that only reaches minimum standards. The paper suggests that a combination of varied forms of assessment is appropriate if greater and deeper learning is to be achieved.

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