With an ever changing clientele there is urgent need to attempt unconventional, innovative strategies that positively influence what happens in educational institutions. Readers are provided with tried-and-tested models that can be adapted to suit their personal needs. The book aims to energize and catapult readers into a new dimension of innovation and encourages them to experiment in classrooms and reflect on their practices as they seek to improve themselves as professionals.

1. Self Assessment
in Action
Dr Betty McDonald
TheLearner.com
TheUniversityPress.com
With an ever changing clientele there is urgent need to attempt unconventional,
innovative strategies that positively influence what happens in educational
institutions. Readers are provided with tried-and-tested models that can be
adapted to suit their personal needs. The book aims to energize and catapult
readers into a new dimension of innovation and encourages them to experi-
ment in classrooms and reflect on their practices as they seek to improve
themselves as professionals.
About the Author
Dr. Betty McDonald is currently The Coordinator of The Centre for Assessment
and Learning at The University of Trinidad and Tobago. She has been a Visiting
Professor to many universities including Huazhong Normal University, China
and The University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. As a Visiting Scholar to
universities in London, Manchester, Sydney and Toronto, she has done collab-
orative research with many colleagues. She has worked in senior positions in
Barbados, The Bahamas and New York and has served on several government
appointed committees. A recipient of various awards including a UNESCO
Award for outstanding contribution to education, a Fulbright Fellow and
member of AERA, NCME, CRESST, ASCD and UNA-USA, she has close to 40
years of experience and is widely published. With numerous presentations and
technical reports to her credit, she is a reviewer and associate editor for several
international journals. Many local and international graduates continue to
benefit from her supervision. Extremely active in her community she attends to
a number of local charities. Measurement, assessment, Problem Based Learn-
ing (PBL), Service Learning (SL), teaching and learning, applied statistics,
mathematics education, project management and professional development
are her research interests.
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