Group assessments: dilemmas facing lecturers in multicultural tertiary classrooms

Date
2007
Authors
Strauss, P.
U, A.
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Journal Article
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Taylor and Francis
Abstract

'Group is good, and group is good for curing all social ills' was the cynical observation of one of the lecturers in this study. Her comment reflects the uneasiness of lecturers at tertiary institutions with the notion that the educational advantages of group assessments far outweigh the disadvantages, and that such an approach promotes the integration of minority groups in multicultural universities. The dilemmas facing lecturers in multicultural tertiary classrooms are reflected on in this paper, when they adopt group assessment as a means of evaluation and highlight those challenges that often jeopardize the successful implementation of this type of practice.

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Group assessments , Implementation , Lecturers , Multicultural , Tertiary
Source
Higher Education Research and Development, 26(2), pp.147-161
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