Bramley, G. (2019) There is no “I” in “a team of lawyers”: an evaluation of student perceptions of group assessment within legal higher education. The Law Teacher, 54 (1). pp. 55-68. ISSN 0306-9400
Abstract
This paper focuses on the use of group assessments within higher education (HE) as a form of summative assessment, and the experiences of students in relation to this assessment tool. Group assessment is becoming a very common feature of undergraduate HE courses, with an “explosion” of group assessment in more recent years. This paper chooses to focus on the use of group assessment within the discipline of law, specifically the use of summative group assessment within a law discipline at a Russell Group University. Although this paper follows numerous other studies and reviews of group work and group assessment, it has been noted that there remains a lack of qualitative studies on students’ perspectives on group assessment. This paper progresses the literature to date by collecting qualitative insights. In particular, the paper focuses on key aspects of student experience such as building group relationships, and the fear and uncertainty of being assessed as part of a group. Group assessment can be introduced readily by staff without always considering the complexity of group work and its related issues and this can potentially lead to negative student experiences. Therefore, this paper also aims to highlight the benefits to student experience of well-planned group assessment that is appropriately set.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Association of Law Teachers. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in The Law Teacher. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Group assessment; student engagement; student experience |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 01 Apr 2019 11:22 |
Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2021 12:29 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/03069400.2019.1582279 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:144290 |