Assessment Methods

GBS Assessment Methods

At the Galway Business School we use a wide range of assessments methods to test our students throughout their course. These include a whole range of assessment instruments to measure learner performance and gain an insight into their knowledge, skills, and competences, and are drawn from the following range of assessment modes:

• Written Essays or Assignments
• Examination papers (closed and open book)
• Digital Research (Primary and Secondary)
• Individual and Group Projects
• Case Study Analysis, including Virtual Games
• Direct observation, question and answer sessions, debates and discussions
• Role-plays and simulations
• Learner journals and logs
• Presentations
• Quantitative Reasoning
• Structured practical assessments
• Online exercises, including MCQs, quizzes, discussion forums, wikis, blogs, Smartisms
• Self-assessment (which may be conducted on-line)
• Self-evaluation
• Capstone Project