Exploring the utilization of a differentiated assessment tool among primary school teachers in Sabah, Malaysia
The 21st century classrooms have seen a broadening spectrum of students’ diversity. To address the individual learning needs of the students, differentiated assessment is deemed as one of the best approaches since it informs differentiated instruction, and vice versa. Besides that, the implementa...
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| description | The 21st century classrooms have seen a broadening spectrum of students’ diversity. To
address the individual learning needs of the students, differentiated assessment is
deemed as one of the best approaches since it informs differentiated instruction, and vice
versa. Besides that, the implementation of the current school-based assessment (SBA)
advocates personalized learning and the use of alternative assessment to curb the longstanding
practice of the traditional way of assessing students. There are substantial
number of studies that managed to highlight the importance of addressing students’
diverse needs through the practice of differentiated assessment and the utilization of
assessment tools that support differentiation. However, these studies did not emphasize
on the principles of differentiated assessment when discussing on the tools used.
Therefore, this study aimed to explore the utilization of a differentiated assessment tool
named PutraPacer among primary school teachers in Sabah. Framed by the Activity
Theory, this study employed a qualitative research design with five primary school
teachers as participants. The data were collected through observation, interviews, and
document analysis and further analysis were carried out using Creswell’s data analysis
spiral and Saldaña’s two-cycle coding methods. The findings that emerged suggest that
the utilization of PutraPacer (i) promotes students to demonstrate their learning progress,
(ii) allows students to engage in active learning, (iii) supports successful instructional
planning, (iv) functions as a platform for personalized learning, (v) is convenient and
time saving, (vi) fosters self-paced learning, (vii) catalyzes Education 4.0. In general, the
findings revealed that the use of a differentiated assessment tool could address students’
diverse needs in learning. The use of a differentiated assessment tool is also relevant in
today’s classroom since education now is moving towards digitalization, in line with the
demand of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-1047742023-10-10T23:55:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/104774/ Exploring the utilization of a differentiated assessment tool among primary school teachers in Sabah, Malaysia Majuddin, Christye The 21st century classrooms have seen a broadening spectrum of students’ diversity. To address the individual learning needs of the students, differentiated assessment is deemed as one of the best approaches since it informs differentiated instruction, and vice versa. Besides that, the implementation of the current school-based assessment (SBA) advocates personalized learning and the use of alternative assessment to curb the longstanding practice of the traditional way of assessing students. There are substantial number of studies that managed to highlight the importance of addressing students’ diverse needs through the practice of differentiated assessment and the utilization of assessment tools that support differentiation. However, these studies did not emphasize on the principles of differentiated assessment when discussing on the tools used. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the utilization of a differentiated assessment tool named PutraPacer among primary school teachers in Sabah. Framed by the Activity Theory, this study employed a qualitative research design with five primary school teachers as participants. The data were collected through observation, interviews, and document analysis and further analysis were carried out using Creswell’s data analysis spiral and Saldaña’s two-cycle coding methods. The findings that emerged suggest that the utilization of PutraPacer (i) promotes students to demonstrate their learning progress, (ii) allows students to engage in active learning, (iii) supports successful instructional planning, (iv) functions as a platform for personalized learning, (v) is convenient and time saving, (vi) fosters self-paced learning, (vii) catalyzes Education 4.0. In general, the findings revealed that the use of a differentiated assessment tool could address students’ diverse needs in learning. The use of a differentiated assessment tool is also relevant in today’s classroom since education now is moving towards digitalization, in line with the demand of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. 2022-02 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/104774/1/FPP%202022%2037%20IR.pdf Majuddin, Christye (2022) Exploring the utilization of a differentiated assessment tool among primary school teachers in Sabah, Malaysia. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Educational evaluation - Malaysia Primary school teachers |
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| title | Exploring the utilization of a differentiated assessment tool among primary school teachers in Sabah, Malaysia |
| title_full | Exploring the utilization of a differentiated assessment tool among primary school teachers in Sabah, Malaysia |
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| title_sort | exploring the utilization of a differentiated assessment tool among primary school teachers in sabah malaysia |
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