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Classroom assessment, in particular formative assessment, frequently involves the development of rich tasks to engage students. This requires careful attention to what is required of students, the affective responses of students to the tasks and how task performance informs learning and instruction. This chapter examines how to develop effective assessment tasks.
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Smith, J., Smith, L. (2014). Developing Assessment Tasks. In: Wyatt-Smith, C., Klenowski, V., Colbert, P. (eds) Designing Assessment for Quality Learning. The Enabling Power of Assessment, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5902-2_8
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