OPINIONS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ON TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT METHODS

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the opinions of middle school seventh and eighth grade students and their teachers regarding traditional and alternative assessment methods. For this purpose, a questionnaire was administered to 22 teachers and 82 students who enrolled in Niğde, Turkey. The results revealed that most of the teachers determined that they were aware of alternative assessment methods. The results also revealed that they were aware of alternative assessment methods, they said that they mostly used classical assessment methods such as multiple choice tests, question and answer, right and wrong, gap filling and word association. In addition, a significant number of teachers stated that they did not receive in-service training on alternative assessment and evaluation. Furthermore, more than half of the students indicated that they know what assessment is. They stated that their teachers generally used classical assessment methods in their courses and generally they did not get their ideas about which assessment methods they would use before performing assessment. Implications are made based on the findings.

Keywords

• measurement and assessment
• alternative assessment techniques
• traditional assessment techniques

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