This report details an investigation into how assessment processes affect student motivation and course completion in a workplace-based learning course.
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Towards Retention: The Role of Assessment, Motivation and Prior Knowledge in Learner Completion (PDF, 1.4Mb)
Background:
A project, completed in 2008, that aimed to investigate whether the competency-based assessment used in unit standards promotes student completion, and how competency-based assessment can be improved to better meet the needs of learners in the workplace-based National Certificate in Public Sector Services course.
A collaboration of Learning State, Auckland University of Technology and Statistics New Zealand.
Report prepared by Sharleen Forbes, Murray Black, Karen Moses, Nathaniel Pihama, Neil Bechervaise and Kimberly Cullen.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa Regional Hub Project Fund (RHPF)