scholarly journals The Use of “Scratch and Challenge Board” as an Alternative Assessment Tool to Enhance University Students’ Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Tajularipin Sulaiman ◽  
Suzieleez Syrene Abdul Rahim ◽  
KaiYan Wong ◽  
Wan Marzuki Wan Jaafar
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
University Students ◽  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Research Approach

Abstract: In the teaching and learning process, assessment can be applied in various ways.  In order to ensure the quality of education, assessment should be performed as a platform to support student learning. The role of assessment also ensures that students’ learning outcomes meet the needs of the 21st century skills. “Scratch & Challenge Board” (SCB) can be used to support the 21st century teaching and learning environment through focus group discussions. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the perspectives of university students on the use of “Scratch & Challenge Board” as an alternative assessment tool in enhancing students’ skills. This study applied the qualitative research approach. Data were collected through focus group interviews and related documents such as students’ assignments. A total of 10 focus group were obtained, with 3-4 students in each group, and each discussion was moderated by an experienced moderator. Collected data were analysed using constant comparative data analysis methods to obtain the themes. Four (4) themes emerged in this study: (i) alternative assessment encourages active participation in learning, (ii) integrating technologies in assessment tools, (iii) relevant with 21st century skills, and (iv) improvement in learning environment. In conclusion, the “Scratch and Challenge Board” is an assessment tool that not only supports face-to-face teaching and learning, but can also be integrated with technological devices and social media platforms. The “Scratch and Challenge Board” also enhances students’ 21st century skills   Keywords: Assessment tool, Alternative assessment, Group discussion, Teaching innovation

scholarly journals E-Portfolio to Assess the 21stCentury Skills of Students in Smart E-Learning Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Hala El-Senousy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
E Learning

In the digital age, the interaction between the ICT and the educational system has led to fundamental transformations and changes to all elements of the learning process. Intelligent devices have enabled the learner to access knowledge resources at any time and anywhere. Learning management systems have produced a smart E-learning environment which enables active learning, Communication, and interaction among users. Quality Assurance in Higher Education has become urgent and aspires to qualify graduates who have mastered diverse and varied skills appropriate with the digital age. The academic programs requisite to rely upon the evaluation of learning outcomes, not only cognitive but also skills, thus the modification of the current assessment system is demanded. This study identified the 21st century skills and performance of learners in five categories: Critical Thinking Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Digital Communication & Sharing Skills, the Productivity of Creative Innovation Skills, and Self Regulated Learning & Career Skills. While Higher education is required to provide evidence of student learning skills, the study suggests E-Portfolios, which are considered as a tool that allows the student to: organize, save, document, publish, and digitally share his work as an accurate assessment tool. The study discusses the foundations, principles, objectives, and analyzes the application of E-Portfolio as a learning and assessment tool of 21st century skills in higher education. Keywords: E –Portfolio, 21st century skill, Quality of smart E-Learning.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Formative Assessment Tools in the Blended Learning Environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.11) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indah Febriani ◽  
M. M. Irsyad Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Exclusion Process ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Automatic Assessment ◽  
Method Of Assessment

An effective method of student assessment technique is necessary for assessing student knowledge. Nowadays, the utilization of formative assessment tools in blended learning is increasing because it can enhance the learning quality. The main aim of this study to identify and classify existing research through the research approach, assessment tools type, and assessment specialty on formative assessment tools in a blended learning environment. This study guiding the educators in choosing and developing new assessment tools. The methodology of this research using a systematic review. This method using the inclusion and exclusion process to make a systematic review focused and choose appropriate studies. The result shows that the highest usage of assessment tool type is automatic assessment with the percentage of 87%. Semi-Automatic assessment has 13% and manual assessment 0%. It proves that technology is an important part of education and teaching because significantly transform the method of assessment from manual to automatic assessment type. This is a great transformation from the traditional method to the modern method of assessment. We recommend to further improve methods for online formative assessment and develop computer-based testing in a blended learning environment for future work.  

Promoting educational work using modern educational assessment tools: Creating and implementing rubrics for assessing projects and the cultivation of 21st-century skills

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 189-196
Author(s):  
Dionisios Kouloumpis ◽  
Theodora Papageorgiou ◽  
Κaterina Κasimatis
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Metacognitive Skills ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Project Assessment

The purpose of this study is to highlight the effectiveness of the use of rubric as a modern technique for teaching and assessing educational work. More specifically, our purpose is to explore the benefits of the implementation of the rubric for the project assessment in comparison with other traditional assessment techniques as far as the development of skills and the improvement of the educational work is concerned. The analytical rubric that was created and employed in the study included the following criteria (each with pre-determined quality levels): content completeness, structure and organisation, creativity, development of skills and cognitive concepts. This processing tool automatically quantifies the gradient of the criteria and automatically completes the final descriptive evaluation. It has a modern pedagogical scientific approach and flexibility, which gives impetus to creative projects in school. Six teachers of a Greek high school in Athens participated in the study. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview. The nature of the study was qualitative. The results revealed that the rubric can replace any other traditional technique. The tool allowed the students to evaluate their efforts, thus allowing them to realise the usefulness of the rubric as a self-assessment tool. Moreover, by using the rubric the students and the teachers had the chance to communicate constructively. The teachers and the students assessed the rubric in a positive way as the students were led to self-assessment processes through reflection and feedback and the development of cognitive and metacognitive skills. Keywords: Authentic assessment project, rubric, assessment criteria, reflection, 21st-century skills.

scholarly journals A FLIPPED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: A DISRUPTIVE APPROACH FOR TRADITIONAL CLASSROOMS?

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (42) ◽  
pp. 83-93
Author(s):  
Byabazaire Yusuf ◽  
Mohammed Ahmed Taiye
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Flipped Learning ◽  
Problem Solving Skills

The primary purpose of this study was to examine whether a flipped learning environment was a disruption to the traditional instructional approach, particularly in consideration of the 21st-century skills that students must acquire before graduation. A flipped classroom is one in which students are introduced to content at home or outside classroom via technology, and practice working through it at school. A qualitative research design was employed to conduct the study through a focus group approach. Nine in-service teachers, who were participants in a flipped classroom pilot program in Malaysia, served on the focus groups. Data were collected through asynchronous virtual focus group discussions. The scissor-and-sort approach was employed in the data analysis process. Findings from the study indicated teachers believed that a flipped learning environment maximized student learning potential, allowed for collaborative learning, created an engaging learning environment and promoted higher order critical thinking and problem solving skills, all suitable for encouraging and practicing 21st century skills in the classroom. Therefore, this study showed that the flipped classroom approach disrupts the traditional learning environment in a positive manner and avails opportunities to equip students with the relevant skills of problem-solving, critical thinking, collaboration, cultural sensitivity, and creativity which are essential for life-long learning and participating in a competitive 21st-century learning environment.

Infusing 21st Century Skills in a Smart Learning Environment for Secondary Mathematics Classrooms

2019 ◽  
pp. 99-116
Author(s):  
Steve Carlisle Warner
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Real World ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Smart Learning Environment ◽  
Smart Learning ◽  
Real World Problems

The main objective of this chapter is to demonstrate how an instructional model, 2T2C, was used to infuse 21st century skills in the teaching of secondary school mathematics using a smart learning environment (SLE). It was imperative that cooperative and collaborating learning methodologies were included in the teaching model to ensure peer/teacher interaction to enhance student communication, the infusion of high-order thinking skills to guarantee that students can solve real-world problems and think at higher cognitive levels, the introduction of self-efficacy sessions to ensure that all students have the confidence and self-esteem to believe and have the self-assurance to solve mathematical real-world problems and take responsibility for their own learning, and the infusion of technology as a resource in the teaching and learning process: hence, 2T2C (thinking, technology, communication, and confidence). The scenarios presented highlighted the need for communication, high-level cognitive objectives, multiple evaluation practices, and thinking as key to the learning process.

Experiences of Educators in Imparting Digital Education and 21st Century Skills to Modern Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 383-398
Author(s):  
Sriya Chakravarti ◽  
Rosalind Rice Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Experience ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Digital Education ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Young Learners

As technology influences societies worldwide and invents new opportunities and challenges, its role in education has become increasingly relevant. As the learning environment adapts and incorporates new e-teaching tools, it becomes imperative to find the role, place of technology in education, and examine the voices of educators that work with various technologies in teaching and learning to train young learners. Therefore, this research aims to examine if educators believe that they can inculcate the 21st century skills into the modern student in an online teaching environment. Furthermore, the research attempts to find the obstacles on part of the educators and students that inhibit delivery of a seamless online educational experience and teaching of the 21st century competencies.

scholarly journals Digital Storytelling for 21st Century Learning: A Study on Pre-Service Teachers’ Perception

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Siti Fairuz Dalim ◽  
Nurul Zakiah Muhamad Azliza ◽  
Norezah Ibrahim ◽  
Zulinda Ayu Zulkipli ◽  
Mohammad Mubarrak Mohd Yusof
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
21St Century Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Impact

Digital Storytelling is one of the new pedagogical tools that call upon students’ creativity and helps them to “learn by doing”. It is one of the important steps towards creating the 21st-century learning environment as it promotes the integration of student-centred and technology-enriched learning environment for learners. Despite the many benefits that this learning tool has to offer, many educators are still reluctant to integrate this kind of technology in their classes which resulted in low implementation of this technology among the educators.  Therefore, this study is intended to determine pre-service teachers’ experience and perceptions of digital storytelling for 21st-century skills in a learning environment. A set of questionnaire was distributed to 150 trainee teachers from the Faculty of Education in one of the public universities in Malaysia. The result of this study reveals that pre-service teachers’ have moderately experienced the use of digital storytelling in their learning (M=2.98; SD=1.332). The finding also showed that the pre-service teachers responded positively towards the use of digital storytelling in the classroom (M=3.94; SD=0.713). The correlation analysis further showed that the pre-service teachers’ experience with digital storytelling has significantly given the impact on their perception towards the implementation of this tool in the teaching and learning process. Considering the many advantages of the digital storytelling towards the enhancement of 21st-century skills among the younger generations, therefore more aggressive steps need to be done to strengthen the teaching preparation programme in higher educational institutions. This is very important to ensure that the future teachers produced are well-equipped with all the teaching skills and technologies to educate the next millennial generations. KEYWORDS: 21st-century learning, Millennial,  Digital storytelling, Pre-service teachers, Student-centered

scholarly journals Investigation of Self-Efficacy Perceptions Regarding the 21st Century Skills of University Students Enrolled in Different Faculties

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aylin Mentiş Köksoy ◽  
İskender Daşdemir
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
The One ◽  
Media And Technology

The 21st-century skills are considered to be needed by individuals in a changing world. The aim of this research study is to determine whether or not the self-efficacy perceptions of students enrolled in the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Literature, and the Faculty of Nursing (health) pertaining to the 21st-century skills cause any difference among the faculties. The population of the research is comprise of 1,056 students, 841 females and 215 males, at Ege University during the fall semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. “21st Century Skills Self-efficacy Perception” scale, which has 3 subdimensions such as “Learning and Renewal (LR) Skills,” “Life and Career (LC) Skills,” and “Information, Media and Technology (IMT) Skills,” is utilized in the study. The research study is designed in accordance with the causal-comparative model. In the data analysis, independent groups t-test is performed to detect differences in terms of gender, whereas the one-way analysis of variance) techniques are conducted to detect differences in terms of faculties. The margin of error is determined as .05 in the study. No significant difference is detected in the LR skills of university students in terms of the gender variable. It is found that a significant difference exists according to gender in the subdimension of LC skills. No significant difference is observed according to gender variable in the subdimension of IMT skills of university students. According to this result, the LC skills of female students are detected to be higher than that of male students. It is observed that the LR skills of the students in the faculty of education are higher than that of the students in the faculty of health sciences. It is determined that a significant difference exists in the LC skills of university students according to the faculty of education variable. It is determined that the LC skills of the students in both the faculties of education and literature are higher than that of the students in the faculty of health sciences. Furthermore, it is determined that the IMT skills of the students in the faculty of education and the faculty of literature are higher than that of the students in the faculty of health sciences.

scholarly journals Advantages of authentic assessment over traditional assessment while teaching English to university students majoring in non-linguistic subjects

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-293
Author(s):  
Irina Evgenyevna Abramova ◽  
Elena Petrovna Shishmolina ◽  
Anastasia Valeryevna Ananyina
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Authentic Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Self Assessment

The paper analyzes existing approaches to assessing the results of teaching foreign languages to the university students majoring in non-linguistic subjects with a special focus on the advantages of authentic assessment. The authors stress the state-level need to develop and implement effective assessment tools for ESL university teaching, and substantiate the effectiveness of authentic assessment for increasing students motivation to learn English. They identify advantages of authentic assessment, including a possibility to track individual students learning progress, to effectively use peer assessment and self-assessment, to focus on students performance indicators, to create a success effect, and to present actual teaching and learning results or personal development achievements in the form of presentations, projects and other tangible accomplishments. The paper describes a unified system of control, assessment and evaluation of ESL teaching and learning results, developed by Foreign Languages for Students of Humanities Department at Petrozavodsk State University (Russia) for modeling a foreign-language environment and enhancing students language socialization. The authors give a detailed account of establishing procedures for the assessment of speaking and writing skills, and analyze a didactic potential of a foreign language portfolio as one of authentic assessment tools. They come to the conclusion that peer assessment, self-assessment and other authentic assessment methods help to shift the focus from teaching to learning and create optimal conditions for student-centered education process.

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