UAE Teachers' Awareness & Perceptions of Testing Modifications

Autor/inn/en	Elhoweris, Hala; Alsheikh, Negmeldin
Titel	UAE Teachers' Awareness & Perceptions of Testing Modifications
Quelle	In: Exceptionality Education International, 20 (2010) 1, S.37-48 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1918-5227
Schlagwörter	Testing; Disabilities; Special Education Teachers; Foreign Countries; Teacher Attitudes; Testing Accommodations; Teacher Surveys; United Arab Emirates + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testdurchführung; Testen; Handicap; Behinderung; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Testing process; Accessibility (for disabled); Accessibility; Disabled person; Barrierefreiheit; Zugänglichkeit; Behinderter; Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Abstract	The objectives of this study were threefold: (a) to determine whether the United Arab Emirates (UAE) general and special education teachers were making any specific testing modifications for students with disabilities; (b) to survey UAE general and special education teachers' perceptions of testing modifications in terms of their usefulness, easiness, and fairness; and (c) to explore possible differences between general and special education teachers' awareness and perceptions of testing modifications. Two hundred and eleven UAE general and special education teachers participated in this study. Results revealed that participants have a moderate level of awareness of testing modifications when assessing students with disabilities. Additionally, UAE teachers as a group perceived testing modifications as easy to make and fair. Statistically significant differences were found between general and special education teachers where special education teachers were found to be more informed than general education teachers. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10