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Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study

This paper reports the findings of a national study involving 534 lecturers from 33 higher learning institutions in Malaysia to find out their self-reported practices and perceived competencies in assessment for learning. Data were collected using a 24-item assessment practice inventory drawn fro...

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Main Authors: Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah, Zubairi, Ainol Madziah, Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan, Othman, Joharry, Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani, Abd Rahman, Zainurin, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Mohd Noor, Zainab
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Published: University of Cumbria, UK 2014
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LB1705 Education and training of teachers
LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling my.iium.irep.353872021-06-29T04:49:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/ Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah Zubairi, Ainol Madziah Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan Othman, Joharry Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani Abd Rahman, Zainurin Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Mohd Noor, Zainab LB1705 Education and training of teachers LB2300 Higher Education This paper reports the findings of a national study involving 534 lecturers from 33 higher learning institutions in Malaysia to find out their self-reported practices and perceived competencies in assessment for learning. Data were collected using a 24-item assessment practice inventory drawn from five of the six standards stipulated in an established USdeveloped assessment competency framework for teachers. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and descriptive statistics were used to analyse lecturers’ reported practices and competencies. The PCA procedures extracted four underlying dimensions of AfLpractice among the lecturers that corresponded to four of the five standards used. Further descriptive analysis produced a rank order of the four AfLdimensions in terms of practice and competency. Lecturers reported to quite frequently practise‘communicating results and feedback to students’ and ‘using diverse AfL methods’. They also perceived to be more competent in these two aspects than in AfLcompliant grading practices and recognising unethical uses of assessment information. The findings produced adequate empirical support for instructional interventions and training to be provided at the national level to upgrade lecturers’ current competencies in assessment and support their adoption of AfL. University of Cumbria, UK 2014-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/1/35387_AFL_Practitioner_Research_TOC.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/2/35387_AFL_Practitioner_Research.pdf Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah and Zubairi, Ainol Madziah and Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan and Othman, Joharry and Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani and Abd Rahman, Zainurin and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari and Mohd Noor, Zainab (2014) Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study. Practitioner Research In Higher Education, 8 (1). pp. 14-31. ISSN 1755-1382 http://194.81.189.19/ojs/index.php/prhe/article/viewFile/171/282
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English
topic LB1705 Education and training of teachers
LB2300 Higher Education
spellingShingle LB1705 Education and training of teachers
LB2300 Higher Education
Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah
Zubairi, Ainol Madziah
Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan
Othman, Joharry
Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani
Abd Rahman, Zainurin
Nordin, Mohamad Sahari
Mohd Noor, Zainab
Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study
description This paper reports the findings of a national study involving 534 lecturers from 33 higher learning institutions in Malaysia to find out their self-reported practices and perceived competencies in assessment for learning. Data were collected using a 24-item assessment practice inventory drawn from five of the six standards stipulated in an established USdeveloped assessment competency framework for teachers. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and descriptive statistics were used to analyse lecturers’ reported practices and competencies. The PCA procedures extracted four underlying dimensions of AfLpractice among the lecturers that corresponded to four of the five standards used. Further descriptive analysis produced a rank order of the four AfLdimensions in terms of practice and competency. Lecturers reported to quite frequently practise‘communicating results and feedback to students’ and ‘using diverse AfL methods’. They also perceived to be more competent in these two aspects than in AfLcompliant grading practices and recognising unethical uses of assessment information. The findings produced adequate empirical support for instructional interventions and training to be provided at the national level to upgrade lecturers’ current competencies in assessment and support their adoption of AfL.
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author Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah
Zubairi, Ainol Madziah
Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan
Othman, Joharry
Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani
Abd Rahman, Zainurin
Nordin, Mohamad Sahari
Mohd Noor, Zainab
author_facet Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah
Zubairi, Ainol Madziah
Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan
Othman, Joharry
Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani
Abd Rahman, Zainurin
Nordin, Mohamad Sahari
Mohd Noor, Zainab
author_sort Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah
title Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study
title_short Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study
title_full Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study
title_fullStr Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study
title_full_unstemmed Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study
title_sort assessment for learning practices and competency among malaysian university lecturers: a national study
publisher University of Cumbria, UK
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/1/35387_AFL_Practitioner_Research_TOC.pdf
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