{"product_id":"9781529732443","title":"Understanding and Applying Assessment in Education by Gerry Shiel","description":"All teachers are responsible for assessing the children they teach, and the outcomes of any assessment are important for individual learners, schools and wider education systems.       Designed as a pragmatic guide for new teachers and those training to teach, this book is your one-stop-shop for understanding assessment in schools. It covers formative and summative approaches used across primary and secondary education, supporting a balanced overview with policy examples drawn from the UK, Ireland and wider international contexts.       This updated second edition reflects recent trends in assessment and includes:  more balanced coverage across primary and secondary age phases with a broader range of examples across curriculum subject areasa new chapter on the potential of digital assessment for both formative and summative purposesthe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on assessment in general, and examinations in particular  Damian Murchan?is Associate Professor in the School of Education at Trinity College Dublin.     Gerry Shiel?is a Research Fellow at the Educational Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303109570933,"sku":"9781529732443","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529732443.jpg?v=1762793731","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781529732443","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}