New IIS publication: Meaningful Assessment in Interdisciplinary Education

The book launch of the new handbook for educators, Meaningful Assessment in Interdisciplinary Education, recently took place. This publication, which highlights 20 examples from higher education, is written for all educators who want to use innovative ways of assessing skills such as integration, collaboration, reflection and critical thinking. During the book presentation, authors Linda de Greef, Ilja Boor, Debby Gerritsen and Jessica Rodermans gave a short explanation of 'meaningful assessment' and the five building blocks they identified in the book. The importance of assessment as an integral part of learning, in which assessment stimulates learning and is based on the intrinsic motivation of students, was emphasised. Best Practices. Next, the authors had a dialogue with three lecturers who shared their best practices. Anco Lankreijer , lecturer at the UvA and the VU, talked about the installation that students built during his course Big Questions in Time , in which they used their personal approach to visualise the concept of 'time'.