The Interaction between Reflective Thinking and Grade Dropping: An Alternative Assessment Policy
The present study aimed to investigate the interaction among grade dropping and reflective thinking abilities of the participants and to also check if action research enhances learners’ reflective thinking. A cyclic action research was run for 8 sessions. Kember et al.’s (2010) reflective thinking q...
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| description | The present study aimed to investigate the interaction among grade dropping and reflective thinking abilities of the participants and to also check if action research enhances learners’ reflective thinking. A cyclic action research was run for 8 sessions. Kember et al.’s (2010) reflective thinking questionnaire and three in-term quizzes were administered. Students also made questions based on their course book passages and develop reflective thinking journals. Although the results suggested no linear relation between grade dropping and reflective thinking, students strategically decided to drop their lowest score and receive a replacement exam. Furthermore, analyses of students’ questions based on Bloom’s (1956) Taxonomy and their reflections revealed that learners’ reflective thinking level was enhanced. Such results might be conducive to highlighting students’ role in assessment policies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc9639f1fdf94b8480c8dc54799d91c52023-02-17T06:08:35ZengUniversity of Sistan and BaluchestanIranian Journal of Applied Language Studies2008-54942322-36502017-10-019Proceedings of the First International Conference on Language Focus839810.22111/ijals.2018.41934193The Interaction between Reflective Thinking and Grade Dropping: An Alternative Assessment PolicyShabnam Karimnia0Soheila Tahmasebi1Abadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadan, IranAbadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadan, IranThe present study aimed to investigate the interaction among grade dropping and reflective thinking abilities of the participants and to also check if action research enhances learners’ reflective thinking. A cyclic action research was run for 8 sessions. Kember et al.’s (2010) reflective thinking questionnaire and three in-term quizzes were administered. Students also made questions based on their course book passages and develop reflective thinking journals. Although the results suggested no linear relation between grade dropping and reflective thinking, students strategically decided to drop their lowest score and receive a replacement exam. Furthermore, analyses of students’ questions based on Bloom’s (1956) Taxonomy and their reflections revealed that learners’ reflective thinking level was enhanced. Such results might be conducive to highlighting students’ role in assessment policies.https://ijals.usb.ac.ir/article_4193_76efe853cebd243d6983f05b1813d752.pdfaction researchgrade droppingreflective thinkingstrategic decision |
| spellingShingle | Shabnam Karimnia Soheila Tahmasebi The Interaction between Reflective Thinking and Grade Dropping: An Alternative Assessment Policy Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies action research grade dropping reflective thinking strategic decision |
| title | The Interaction between Reflective Thinking and Grade Dropping: An Alternative Assessment Policy |
| title_full | The Interaction between Reflective Thinking and Grade Dropping: An Alternative Assessment Policy |
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| title_short | The Interaction between Reflective Thinking and Grade Dropping: An Alternative Assessment Policy |
| title_sort | interaction between reflective thinking and grade dropping an alternative assessment policy |
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