What Teachers Assess and Its Consequences

Autor/inn/en	Odabasi Cimer, Sabiha; Cimer, Atilla
Titel	What Teachers Assess and Its Consequences
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 11 (2010) 2, Artikel 9 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1609-4913
Schlagwörter	Biology; Academic Ability; Academic Achievement; Science Instruction; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Practices; Interviews; Teacher Expectations of Students; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Science Teachers; Foreign Countries; Classification; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biologie; Schulleistung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Bildungspraxis; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Türkei
Abstract	This study aimed to investigate teachers' perceptions and practices related to student outcomes and the criteria of student assessments in secondary school biology classes. Teacher interviews and documents provided the data for this study. According to the results of this study, teachers mainly assessed cognitive achievement by evaluating students' knowledge of basic facts, involving recall and recognition. Teachers also assessed non-cognitive characteristics to assign end-of-term grades. In addition, there were discrepancies between what teachers claimed to assess and what they actually assessed. Furthermore, teachers' expectations of students changed with the perceived level of student ability. Consequences of these findings on student learning are discussed throughout the paper, and suggestions for teacher education and practice are also provided. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10