Developing Evaluative Judgment: The Reciprocal Benefits of Learning to Judge One's Own and Others' Work

• In Event: 56.082 - Poster Session 12
  In Poster Session: 56.082-8 - Poster Session: Education and Assessment in the Professions

Abstract

For those in professional education, evaluative judgement, an emerging concept from assessment for learning, is essential to being a safe practitioner, performing better quality work, and lifelong learning. It entails understandings of quality, and the ability to make judgements on one’s own, and others’ work. This paper develops this concept of evaluative judgement as distinct from other related concepts, through a discussion of precursors and related learning theories, focussing on the junction between assessments of self, and assessments of others. This interplay is important for developing learner capability to produce better work, and also understand what standards are, through doing the assessment. This understanding of evaluative judgement is important to how we undertake and research assessment for learning.

Authors

• Joanna Hong-Meng Tai, Deakin University

• Rola Ajjawi, Deakin University

• David Boud, University of Technology - Sydney

• Phillip Dawson, Deakin University