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Direct linkAbbas Mehrabi Boshrabadi; David Boud – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2025
There is an ongoing debate that first-year assessment does not prepare students to deal successfully with future writing tasks. This paper suggests that one of the reasons might be a narrow focus on assessment strategies and interventions that meet immediate learning goals to help reduce assessment shock. It is suggested that designing scaffolded…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Writing Skills, College Freshmen, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
