Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study
This paper reports the findings of a national study involving 534 lecturers from 33 higher learning institutions in Malaysia to find out their self-reported practices and perceived competencies in assessment for learning. Data were collected using a 24-item assessment practice inventory drawn fro...
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| author | Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah Zubairi, Ainol Madziah Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan Othman, Joharry Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani Abd Rahman, Zainurin Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Mohd Noor, Zainab |
| author_facet | Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah Zubairi, Ainol Madziah Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan Othman, Joharry Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani Abd Rahman, Zainurin Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Mohd Noor, Zainab |
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| description | This paper reports the findings of a national study involving 534 lecturers from 33 higher
learning institutions in Malaysia to find out their self-reported practices and perceived
competencies in assessment for learning. Data were collected using a 24-item assessment
practice inventory drawn from five of the six standards stipulated in an established USdeveloped
assessment competency framework for teachers. Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
and descriptive statistics were used to analyse lecturers’ reported practices and competencies.
The PCA procedures extracted four underlying dimensions of AfLpractice among the lecturers
that corresponded to four of the five standards used. Further descriptive analysis produced a
rank order of the four AfLdimensions in terms of practice and competency. Lecturers reported
to quite frequently practise‘communicating results and feedback to students’ and ‘using diverse
AfL methods’. They also perceived to be more competent in these two aspects than in AfLcompliant
grading practices and recognising unethical uses of assessment information. The
findings produced adequate empirical support for instructional interventions and training to be
provided at the national level to upgrade lecturers’ current competencies in assessment and
support their adoption of AfL. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:353872021-06-29T04:49:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/ Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah Zubairi, Ainol Madziah Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan Othman, Joharry Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani Abd Rahman, Zainurin Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Mohd Noor, Zainab LB1705 Education and training of teachers LB2300 Higher Education This paper reports the findings of a national study involving 534 lecturers from 33 higher learning institutions in Malaysia to find out their self-reported practices and perceived competencies in assessment for learning. Data were collected using a 24-item assessment practice inventory drawn from five of the six standards stipulated in an established USdeveloped assessment competency framework for teachers. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and descriptive statistics were used to analyse lecturers’ reported practices and competencies. The PCA procedures extracted four underlying dimensions of AfLpractice among the lecturers that corresponded to four of the five standards used. Further descriptive analysis produced a rank order of the four AfLdimensions in terms of practice and competency. Lecturers reported to quite frequently practise‘communicating results and feedback to students’ and ‘using diverse AfL methods’. They also perceived to be more competent in these two aspects than in AfLcompliant grading practices and recognising unethical uses of assessment information. The findings produced adequate empirical support for instructional interventions and training to be provided at the national level to upgrade lecturers’ current competencies in assessment and support their adoption of AfL. University of Cumbria, UK 2014-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/1/35387_AFL_Practitioner_Research_TOC.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/2/35387_AFL_Practitioner_Research.pdf Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah and Zubairi, Ainol Madziah and Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan and Othman, Joharry and Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani and Abd Rahman, Zainurin and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari and Mohd Noor, Zainab (2014) Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study. Practitioner Research In Higher Education, 8 (1). pp. 14-31. ISSN 1755-1382 http://194.81.189.19/ojs/index.php/prhe/article/viewFile/171/282 |
| spellingShingle | LB1705 Education and training of teachers LB2300 Higher Education Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah Zubairi, Ainol Madziah Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan Othman, Joharry Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani Abd Rahman, Zainurin Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Mohd Noor, Zainab Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study |
| title | Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study |
| title_full | Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study |
| title_fullStr | Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study |
| title_short | Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study |
| title_sort | assessment for learning practices and competency among malaysian university lecturers a national study |
| topic | LB1705 Education and training of teachers LB2300 Higher Education |
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