"Assessment should be....focussing on... the phenomena, concepts and principles that are central to the field of knowledge studied and which are vital to the student's capabilities for handling situations in the future, which is what we are trying to prepare them for"

 

  Bowden and Marton (1998) cited in Laurillard, D (2002) Rethinking University Teaching: a conversational framework for the effective use of learning technologies. London: RoutledgeFalmer