How to get good marks in creative courses

Assessment doesn't have to be the dark cousin of learning. In creative arts, educators are using new contextual models better suited to artistic growth.
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The classic assessment tools of exams and essays are patently unsuitable to assessing the work of an emerging creative artist and little help in driving the skills needed to work in the sector. 

Fortunately, many tertiary courses in the sector are employing new techniques to evaluate student performance. Doing well in these courses depends less on memory or even outcomes and more on being able to articulate a thought process and demonstrate skill acquisition.

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Peta Mayer
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Peta Mayer has a PhD in English Literature from University of Melbourne