Business Teachers And Students’ Perception Towards Assessment Practices

Author(s):  
Leticia Sam ◽  
Professor Daniel Agyapong
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 112-136
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Bond ◽  
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Geoff Woolcott ◽  
Christos Markopoulos ◽  
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Formative assessment is a crucial aspect of teaching and learning in the classroom, but there is evidence that there has been a lack of effective implementation of formative assessment in practice. In response, this article outlines the design and development of a formative assessment framework that can be implemented as a consistent whole-school approach to embedding practice that is owned and developed by teachers. The approach outlined in the framework, therefore, is designed to integrate formative assessment practices within a school system context, providing advice and support to school leaders and teachers. The framework in practice should act to enable teachers and students to develop new understandings and perspectives about each other and the nature of teaching and learning, as well as ways to implement new practices of teaching and learning supported by reflective modes of active participation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Kapalka Richerme

Despite substantial attention to measurement and assessment in contemporary education and music education policy and practice, the process of measurement has gone largely undiscussed in music education philosophy. Using the work of physicist and philosopher Karen Barad, in this philosophical inquiry, I investigated the nature of measurement in music education while concurrently exploring the assumptions underlying documents related to the proposed music Model Cornerstone Assessments. First, Barad’s concepts of reflection and diffraction reveal the false assumption that measurement captures rather than alters and produces musical experiences. Second, measurement apparatuses are explained as boundary-making practices. Third, the limits of measurement apparatuses are explored through Barad’s assertions about experimental inclusions and exclusions and Lyotard’s concept of the differend, and these limits are used to problematize the ambitious, value-laden discourse of documents related to the music Model Cornerstone Assessments. Finally, through Barad’s concept of intra-action, measurement is reinterpreted as a process through which “teacher” and “student” emerge. Music education policymakers, teachers, and students might adopt language emphasizing the intra-active nature of measurement and empower themselves to critique and reimagine existing measurement apparatuses and their measurement and assessment practices.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Muhammad Akram Shakir ◽  
Rabia Bahoo ◽  
Musarrat Jahan ◽  
Muhammad Latif Javed

Assessment is the key element of teaching learning process in schools. Formative assessment is generally accepted as a valuable component of teachers’ classroom assessment strategies. The study intends to explore the level of association of formative assessment with academic performance of secondary school students and to analyze the practices of formative assessment in schools. The study was descriptive in nature. The focus group interviews and observation techniques were used to gather information regarding academic, social, emotional, and cultural activities of students in schools. The population of the study comprises over all the principals, teachers and students of FGEIs of Lahore region. Sample was drawn by using simple random technique. The findings of the study revealed that teachers don’t have enough knowledge about formative assessment but they possess appropriate understanding of summative assessment. Replication of test is the exclusive kind of assessment for improvement of different learning skills of students. It was recommended that authorities may develop and execute some plan to train and give awareness to the administration and teaching staff about the use and importance of formative assessment during teaching-learning process in schools


Author(s):  
Mila Naranjo Llanos ◽  
Verónica Jiménez Perales

Abstract:INCLUSIVE ASSESSMENT IN RESPONSE TO LEARNING DISABILITIESSocio- cultural perspective has emphasized the profound interrelationship between teaching and learning and assessment processes (eg Gipps, 2002). Also noted the importance for the development of inclusive schools and classrooms, that teachers adapt certain assessment tools (eg Tharp, Estrada, Dalton, and Yamauchi, 2000). According to this approach, the present work aims to analyze the adaptability of these practices to the students difficulties and to understand some of the factors that influence teachers to develop assessment practices more inclusive. To do this, we have analyzed the processes of teaching, learning and assessment of 21 groups of students in the 4th year of secondary school (16 years). These 21 groups corresponding to four Secondary Schools. Each school used all groups in the subject of Mathematics to students of 4th ESO was provided. For each of the processes, were conducted several interviews with the respective teachers, and samples of assessment instruments used were collected both with students with learning difficulties as the others. The collected data were analyzed according to a category system based on the analysis model of interactivity proposed by Coll and colleagues, reviewed and adapted to the study of situations and evaluation activities (Coll, Barberà and Onrubia, 2000).Results show that assessment practices developed by teachers and students do not have a high degree of adaptability. Also show that although the assessment practices used to assess students with learning difficulties in mathematics are different from those used with other students, were not more adaptive and inclusive.Keywords: inclusive assessment, adaptive teaching, learning difficultiesResumen:La perspectiva socio-cultural ha subrayado la profunda interrelación entre procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje y procesos de evaluación (p.e. Gipps, 2002). Igualmente, ha señalado la importancia, para el desarrollo de aulas y escuelas inclusivas, de que los profesores adapten determinadas formas e instrumentos de evaluación (p.e. Tharp, Estrada, Dalton y Yamauchi, 2000). De acuerdo con estos planteamiento, el trabajo que presentamos pretende analizar el grado de adaptabilidad de estas prácticas a las dificultades que muestran los alumnos, así como comprender algunas de los factores que influyen en que los profesores puedan desarrollar prácticas de evaluación de carácter más inclusivo. Para ello, se han analizado los procesos de enseñanza, aprendizaje y evaluación de 21 grupos de alumnos de 4º curso de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (16 años). Estos 21 grupos corresponden a cuatro Institutos de Educación Secundaria. En cada instituto se han analizado todos los grupos en que se impartía la asignatura de Matemáticas a alumnos de 4º de ESO. Para cada uno de los procesos, se llevaron a cabo diversas entrevistas con los profesores respectivos, y se recogieron muestras de los instrumentos de evaluación utilizados, tanto con los alumnos con dificultades en el aprendizaje como con los restantes. Los datos recogidos se analizaron de acuerdo con un sistema de categorías basado en el modelo de análisis de la interactividad propuesto por Coll y sus colaboradores, revisado y adaptado para el estudio de las situaciones y actividades de evaluación (Coll, Barberá y Onrubia, 2000). Los resultados muestran que las prácticas evaluativas desarrolladas por profesores y alumnos no presentan un grado elevado de adaptabilidad. También muestran que, aunque las prácticas de evaluación utilizadas para evaluar a los alumnos con dificultades en el aprendizaje de las matemáticas son diferentes a las empleadas con el resto de alumnos, no son más adaptativas ni inclusivas.Palabras clave: evaluación inclusiva, enseñanza adaptativa, dificultades en el aprendizaje.


Author(s):  
Rekha B Koul

The research described in this paper was aimed at identifying exemplary assessment practices in secondary science classes. In the first stage, following a review of the literature, a six-scale instrument of 48 items was trialled with a sample of 470 students from grades eight, nine and ten in 20 science classrooms in three Western Australian schools. Based on internal consistency reliability data and exploratory factor analysis, refinement decisions resulted in a five-scale instrument that was named the Student Perceptions of Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ). In the second stage, the SPAQ was used with an attitude scale, and a self-efficacy scale. This survey was administered to a larger sample of 960 students from 40 science classes from the same grades as in the first stage. Statistical analyses confirmed the validity and reliability of the SPAQ. Based on the results of this survey exemplary teachers were identified. In the third and last stage interviews with teachers and students were conducted. Classes of these exemplary teachers were also observed. These exemplary teachers were found to be thorough in their teaching, giving students enough time to prepare for the assessment, giving students freedom to choose from a variety of assessments and were flexible in teaching and assessment. They also demonstrated in-depth understanding of the science topics they were teaching.


1993 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally O. Thomas

Although dramatic changes are taking place in large-scale assessment practices, labeled variously “performance,” “authentic,” and “portfolio,” classroom teachers are realizing that they are responsible for the multidimensional, continuous, contextualized assessment necessary to the ongoing teaching/learning cycles of their particular classrooms. One teacher describes how she learned in dialogue with her students, discovering strengths in them she never fully realized before. She saw patterns of learning in and through time, not as linear and additive, but as recursive and unfolding. As she focused less narrowly on print and traditional academic tasks, she began to see learning as connected across symbol systems and through social interactions. She began to understand that knowledge is socially constructed and powerfully influenced by the personal and sociocultural history of each individual.


Lenguaje ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-382
Author(s):  
Carmen Cecilia Faustino Ruiz ◽  
Irina Kostina ◽  
Omaira Del Socorro Vergara Luján

This article reports on part of an evaluative investigation of the academic processes of a Foreign Languages Teacher Education Program. The study focuses on analyzing assessment practices carried out by teachers in English and French courses and the perceptions students and professors have about these practices. Focus groups were implemented for collecting perspectives from teachers and students. Results show that assessment practices are heterogeneous which is due not only to factors identified in literature but also due to important factors depending on particular situations of a public higher education institution in Colombia. Findings are useful for the self-assessment of language programs in order to improve the curriculum.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Monteiro ◽  
Lourdes Mata ◽  
Natalie Nóbrega Santos

Students’ and teachers’ conceptions of assessment are important because they guide how teachers’ assessments are implemented in the classroom and determine how students study. This multiple-case design study examined 1) how teachers and students view assessment, 2) how teachers assess their students’ learning, and 3) the similarities and disparities that occur when students’ and teachers’ conceptions and teachers’ practices of assessment are compared. Data were obtained from five third grade classes, involving a total of five teachers and 82 students. Data were gathered through individual interviews with teachers and focus group discussions with students. Classroom observations and documents produced by the students (worksheets and tests) during maths lessons were also analyzed. The results of the content analysis of the data indicate that teachers mostly conceive assessment as being for improvement, while their assessment practices and students’ conceptions focus on school and student accountability. The results obtained lead us to suggest that students’ conceptions of assessment are constructed from their classroom assessment experiences. The study also suggests that teachers adopt conceptions of assessment inconsistent with their practices, that allow them to work within social and contextual constraints.


Author(s):  
Sandra Terezinha Urbanetz ◽  
Michele Simonian

Resumo: Este artigo tem como objetivo socializar a caminhada percorrida no que se refere a processos avaliativos na Educação a Distância do Instituto Federal do Paraná (IFPR). A perspectiva avaliativa apresentada centra-se no entendimento da avaliação como processo global e processual visando principalmente à possibilidade de resolução dos problemas surgidos no transcorrer dos cursos técnicos, superiores e de pós-graduação ofertados. Os percursos avaliativos no campus têm-se debruçado sob a dimensão didático-pedagógica em: Avaliação da aprendizagem; Avaliação do material didático; e Avaliação do sistema de tutoria. Nessas dimensões, são apresentadas as ações de cada um dos sujeitos do processo de forma a contemplar a ação integrada e multidisciplinar dos profissionais que atuam na modalidade a distância, bem como o seu papel no fazer e refletir sobre a avaliação na referida modalidade. Para esse debruçar-se, são utilizados os Referenciais de qualidade para Educação a Distância do Ministério da Educação, Preti (2010), Alonso (2005), Barreto (2008) e Rios (2002). Assim sendo, tem-se buscado os elementos fundamentais que possam articular ações pedagógicas efetivas, avaliando constantemente o processo de aprendizagem do estudante, os instrumentos e procedimentos utilizados, as proposições realizadas, enfim, buscando a permanente avaliação do processo como um todo e instituindo práticas de avaliação quanto aos projetos de cursos, aos processos de ensino, aprendizagem, de uso de tecnologias educacionais pelos professores e pelos estudantes, bem como os produtos oriundos das formações ofertadas. Palavras-chave: Educação a Distância. Avaliação. Aprendizagem. Tutoria. Material Didático.  EVALUATION IN E-LEARNING OF FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF PARANÁ: A PATH UNDER CONSTRUCTIONAbstract: This article aims to socialize walking distances in relation to the evaluation processes in Distance Education from the Federal Institute of Paraná (IFPR). The evaluative perspective presented focuses on the understanding of evaluation as a global process and procedural targeting mainly the possibility of solving problems that arise during the course of the technical courses, higher and postgraduate offered. The paths evaluative on campus have been addressing in the didactic-pedagogical dimension, in the following dimensions: evaluation of learning, assessment and evaluation of the teaching material of the tutoring system. These dimensions are given shares of each of the subjects of the process in order to accommodate the integrated and multidisciplinary professionals working in distance as well as their role in making and reflect on the assessment in that mode. For this look into the benchmarks are used for quality distance education the Ministry of Education, Preti (2010), Alonso (2005), Barreto (2008) and Rios (2002). Therefore, we have sought the fundamental elements that can articulate effective pedagogical actions, constantly evaluating the process of student learning, the instruments and procedures used, the propositions made​​, finally, seeking permanent evaluation process as a whole. Instituting assessment practices regarding projects courses, the processes of teaching, learning, use of educational technology by teachers and students, as well as products from the training offered. Keywords: Distance Education. Evaluation.Learning.Tutoring. Courseware.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1229
Author(s):  
Abdelhamid Ahmed ◽  
Salah Troudi

The study identified the assessment practices used in an Egyptian EFL writing course at university and explored teachers and students’ perspectives of these assessment practices. The focus was on the assessment practices to inform and propose appropriate implications. This study is informed by social constructivism where knowledge is constructed socially through the perceptions of different participants. Eight students and eight EFL writing teachers were interviewed, and three EFL writing classes were observed. Findings revealed that writing assessment is important to both teachers and students. Diagnosing students’ writing was done rarely and superficially, using a non-standardised assessment. Reported formative assessment practices include attendance, homework, samples of students’ writing, class participation, assignments, and oral presentation. Stereotypical final exams were reported as the only summative assessment practice. Finally, the assessment criteria and the analytical scoring method were not communicated to students. Observed EFL writing classes mostly confirmed students’ perspectives about the reported practices. Implications and suggestions are provided.


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