050519-2 mentor handbookf - The INCLEN Trust

Assessing
Things to consider
Consider your own experience of assessment and how your beliefs and values
influence what you do.
How do you see assessment:
• as a tool for learning?
• as a way of exerting power?
• as a way of judging performance against given criteria?
Be explicit about your particular ‘likes and dislikes’ be aware of the things you may be
judging the student on such as appearance, age, personality and how they influence
your assessment.
Consider potential issues of conflict between your supporting role and assessing role.
How do you feel emotionally about your responsibilities and in particular in giving
negative feedback and failing someone?
Think about how you will allow the student to take risks whilst you maintain your
accountability for client safety.
Feedback and assessment are inseperable! You need to give regular feedback on
your informal as well as formal assessment of the student’s performance. You may be
assessing a variety of aspects of learning.
For practice these areas are often organised into:
• Knowledge
• Skills
• Attitudes
Feedback and assessment
are inseparable as indicated
in this diagram
Figure 4. Links between assessment and feedback (Sharp 2005)
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