Teachers' knowledge and issues in the implementation of school-based assessment: A case of schools in Terengganu / Raja Nurul Huda Raja Zahri

In tandem with educational best practices the world over, School-based assessments (SBAs) were introduced in Malaysia in 2012 for secondary one students. This study investigated quantitatively and qualitatively matters such as the teachers' knowledge of SBAs and the issues faced when implementi...

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Main Author: Raja Zahri, Raja Nurul Huda
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spelling my-uitm-ir.148532016-10-05T02:52:11Z Teachers' knowledge and issues in the implementation of school-based assessment: A case of schools in Terengganu / Raja Nurul Huda Raja Zahri 2013 Raja Zahri, Raja Nurul Huda Behavioral assessment of children Malaysia In tandem with educational best practices the world over, School-based assessments (SBAs) were introduced in Malaysia in 2012 for secondary one students. This study investigated quantitatively and qualitatively matters such as the teachers' knowledge of SBAs and the issues faced when implementing SBAs, whereas the factors contributing to the problems of SBA implementation was investigated only qualitatively. A sample of 60 English teachers in the district of Dungun, Terengganu, who were involved in SBAs from the beginning were chosen as respondents. Out of this, 20 teachers were interviewed to obtain qualitative findings. It was found that teachers had satisfactory knowledge of planning an SBA-tailored lesson. They also showed satisfactory knowledge of developing SBAs but appeared to have difficulty in the psychometrics of test analysis. As for issues faced by teachers, they were not indifferent to SBA implementation but team work and collaboration among SBA teachers needs to be improved. Teachers faced problems in SBA implementation but overall had a positive attitude towards SBA. Teachers voiced concerns over the lack of adequate staff numbers, lack of uniformity and a possible element of biasness in grading. Teachers also faced time constraints, lack of effective materials and methodologies and poor ICT facilities in schools. They also feared cheating by students in SBAs. The findings have important implication in introducing best practices into SBA such as consistency and uniformity of grading and impartiality of teachers. Future researchers should investigate the success of SBA implementation after a few years. 2013 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14853/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14853/1/TM_RAJA%20NURUL%20HUDA%20RAJA%20ZAHRI%20ED%2013_5.pdf text en public mphil masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Education
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topic Behavioral assessment of children
Malaysia
spellingShingle Behavioral assessment of children
Malaysia
Raja Zahri, Raja Nurul Huda
Teachers' knowledge and issues in the implementation of school-based assessment: A case of schools in Terengganu / Raja Nurul Huda Raja Zahri
description In tandem with educational best practices the world over, School-based assessments (SBAs) were introduced in Malaysia in 2012 for secondary one students. This study investigated quantitatively and qualitatively matters such as the teachers' knowledge of SBAs and the issues faced when implementing SBAs, whereas the factors contributing to the problems of SBA implementation was investigated only qualitatively. A sample of 60 English teachers in the district of Dungun, Terengganu, who were involved in SBAs from the beginning were chosen as respondents. Out of this, 20 teachers were interviewed to obtain qualitative findings. It was found that teachers had satisfactory knowledge of planning an SBA-tailored lesson. They also showed satisfactory knowledge of developing SBAs but appeared to have difficulty in the psychometrics of test analysis. As for issues faced by teachers, they were not indifferent to SBA implementation but team work and collaboration among SBA teachers needs to be improved. Teachers faced problems in SBA implementation but overall had a positive attitude towards SBA. Teachers voiced concerns over the lack of adequate staff numbers, lack of uniformity and a possible element of biasness in grading. Teachers also faced time constraints, lack of effective materials and methodologies and poor ICT facilities in schools. They also feared cheating by students in SBAs. The findings have important implication in introducing best practices into SBA such as consistency and uniformity of grading and impartiality of teachers. Future researchers should investigate the success of SBA implementation after a few years.
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qualification_name Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
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author Raja Zahri, Raja Nurul Huda
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title Teachers' knowledge and issues in the implementation of school-based assessment: A case of schools in Terengganu / Raja Nurul Huda Raja Zahri
title_short Teachers' knowledge and issues in the implementation of school-based assessment: A case of schools in Terengganu / Raja Nurul Huda Raja Zahri
title_full Teachers' knowledge and issues in the implementation of school-based assessment: A case of schools in Terengganu / Raja Nurul Huda Raja Zahri
title_fullStr Teachers' knowledge and issues in the implementation of school-based assessment: A case of schools in Terengganu / Raja Nurul Huda Raja Zahri
title_full_unstemmed Teachers' knowledge and issues in the implementation of school-based assessment: A case of schools in Terengganu / Raja Nurul Huda Raja Zahri
title_sort teachers' knowledge and issues in the implementation of school-based assessment: a case of schools in terengganu / raja nurul huda raja zahri
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department Faculty of Education
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