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Asessment in Higher Education – A study conducted at SEEUimproving teaching and learning. If we teach our students how to do self-evaluationthen we can contribute to a better learning.Regarding item 5 “The lecturer gives us feedback on tests and assignments withina week” forty-eight percent (48%) reported that their teachers always give themfeedback, ten percent (10%) often do it and twelve percent (12%) never do it. “Ilearn a lot from my lectures” is item 6 and fifty-five percent (55%) of the participantsalways learn from them, thirty-five sometimes (35%) sometimes learn from themand ten percent (10%) never learn from them.In regard to item 7 “I learn a lot from feedback provided by my lecturer”, seventyonepercent (71%) reported that they always learn from it, fifteen percent (15%)sometimes learn from it and fourteen percent (14%) never learn from it. On theother hand, regarding “the importance of lecturer’s assessment”, item 8, fifty-sevenpercent (57%) of the participants reported that they always understand it, twentyonepercent (21%) sometimes understand it and twenty-two percent (22%) neverunderstand it.Regarding item 9 “I enjoy learning through continuous assessment”, seventythreepercent (73%) of the participants reported that they enjoy it, sixteen percent(16%) sometimes enjoy it and eleven percent (11%) never enjoy it. On the otherhand, for item 10 “The lecturers repeat aspects of the lecture that learners didnot understand”, sixty-eight percent (68%) of the participants reported that theirteachers always do it, only nine percent (95%) said that their teachers sometimesdo it and twenty-three (23%) reported that they never do it.Item 11 asked the participants if “the lecturers help learners who experiencedifficulties/ problems in the subject” and eighty percent (80%) of the participantsstated that they always do it, seven percent (7) often do it and twelve percent (12%)stated that their teachers never do it. Regarding item 12 “The pace of lectures isappropriate to my needs” fifty – six percent (56%) of the participants reported that thepace of lectures is always appropriate to their needs, seven (7%) percent declared that itis often is thirty-seven (37%) stated that the pace of lectures is never appropriate to theirneeds. For item 13” Learners provide clear outcomes for each learning unit”, fifty-twopercent stated that they always do, fifty-two percent (52%) stated that they sometimesdo and twenty - seven percent (27%) that they never do it.Item 14 “Course programs clearly specify the assessment methods (e.g.tests, assignments, group-work, class-work, projects) to be used” received thehighest score, one hundred percent (100%) where the participants stated that atthe beginning of the course they are familiar with the assessment methods usedin a certain course. This a SEEU rule where the students at the beginning of thecourse are informed about course requirements and tasks that should be completed53Volume 1 - Number 1 - 2013