Toward Differentiated Assessment in a Public College in Oman

Autor/in	Ali, Holi Ibrahim Holi
Titel	Toward Differentiated Assessment in a Public College in Oman
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 8 (2015) 12, S.27-36 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Public Colleges; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Questionnaires; Models; Individualized Instruction; Alternative Assessment; Concept Mapping; Teacher Surveys; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Barriers; Oman + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Fragebogen; Analogiemodell; Individualisierender Unterricht; Concept Map; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht
Abstract	Differentiated assessment (DA) seeks to address the individual differences between students and provides them with the appropriate assessment strategy. This paper looks into the possibility of implementing differentiated assessment in a public college in Oman. Additionally, it attempts to explore teachers' views about the possibility of implementing DA and to what extent do they support the idea of using DA and why. Further, it strives to identify some institutional, instructional and pedagogical challenges which might hinder the implementation of differentiated assessment and to find some best possible ways and strategies for implementing it in this context in question. A questionnaire was administered to 40 teachers to answer the study questions and to propose an assessment model on differentiated assessment. The results revealed that all the participants strongly support the idea of implementing the use of differentiated assessment in the Department of English Language and Literature (DELL), however, there are many institutional and pedagogical challenges need to be considered. Some recommendations and pedagogical implications were presented. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01