Open AccessHow we assess mathematics degrees: the summative assessment diet a decade on
Author(s) -
Paola Ian,
Adrian P. Simpson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
teaching mathematics and its applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.452
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1471-6976
pISSN - 0268-3679
DOI - 10.1093/teamat/hrab007
Subject(s) - summative assessment , league table , mathematics education , mainstream , dominance (genetics) , mathematics , political science , chemistry , formative assessment , biochemistry , classical economics , law , economics , gene
Two previous studies mapping university mathematics students’ summative assessment diet in the UK revealed a clear picture. In general, there was a dominance of closed book examinations with a strong relationship to departmental league table position. The decade since then has seen many changes in higher education in the UK, particularly in the strength of the student voice. The study we report here replicated the earlier work to see if there has been an impact on the assessment diet. While the analysis shows a very small decrease in the use of closed book examinations, this may be accounted for by the addition of adjunct modules, rather than a broadening of the assessment diet across mainstream mathematics topics.