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Eclectic approach: a search for more effective assessment ways to meet EFL assessment principles

The current EFL curriculum for high schools in Indonesia demands integrating cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains in assessment. Therefore, teachers must consider these domains in designing assessment instruments and use them, including in a full-online class. In this type of class, they mu...

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Main Authors: Thamrin, Nur Sehang, Madya, Suwarsih, Putro, Nur Hidayanto Pancoro Setyo, Mustakim, Siti Salina, Hassan, Aminuddin, Retnawati, Heri
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Published: Syiah Kuala University 2023
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1074302024-11-04T02:38:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107430/ Eclectic approach: a search for more effective assessment ways to meet EFL assessment principles Thamrin, Nur Sehang Madya, Suwarsih Putro, Nur Hidayanto Pancoro Setyo Mustakim, Siti Salina Hassan, Aminuddin Retnawati, Heri The current EFL curriculum for high schools in Indonesia demands integrating cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains in assessment. Therefore, teachers must consider these domains in designing assessment instruments and use them, including in a full-online class. In this type of class, they must choose effective methods with principled eclecticism that meet the assessment principles. This study examines the teachers assessment process, from constructing the assessment devices to implementing the test in virtual classrooms. The qualitative research approach was used to explore the online-based assessments involving 16 English teachers recruited through convenience sampling techniques. Accordingly, the data were collected using virtual semi-structured interviews through a WhatsApp call. The data were analysed descriptively through a thematic analysis integrated with an interactive technique to locate and identify common patterns of meaning in a data set. The findings show that teachers used several methods to design their tests in the planning stage, considering several aspects based on the eclectic approach principles for effective assessment practices. However, teachers need more assessment literacy regarding their knowledge of test quality. This research employed qualitative data from a small number of teachers, so future studies that include more teachers from different locations and consider different viewpoints, including those of students, families, and policymakers, on how to evaluate student achievement virtually are recommended. Syiah Kuala University 2023-05-31 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107430/1/107430.pdf Thamrin, Nur Sehang and Madya, Suwarsih and Putro, Nur Hidayanto Pancoro Setyo and Mustakim, Siti Salina and Hassan, Aminuddin and Retnawati, Heri (2023) Eclectic approach: a search for more effective assessment ways to meet EFL assessment principles. Studies in English Language and Education, 10 (2). 668 - 685. ISSN 2355-2794; eISSN: 2461-0275 https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/26682 10.24815/siele.v10i2.26682
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description The current EFL curriculum for high schools in Indonesia demands integrating cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains in assessment. Therefore, teachers must consider these domains in designing assessment instruments and use them, including in a full-online class. In this type of class, they must choose effective methods with principled eclecticism that meet the assessment principles. This study examines the teachers assessment process, from constructing the assessment devices to implementing the test in virtual classrooms. The qualitative research approach was used to explore the online-based assessments involving 16 English teachers recruited through convenience sampling techniques. Accordingly, the data were collected using virtual semi-structured interviews through a WhatsApp call. The data were analysed descriptively through a thematic analysis integrated with an interactive technique to locate and identify common patterns of meaning in a data set. The findings show that teachers used several methods to design their tests in the planning stage, considering several aspects based on the eclectic approach principles for effective assessment practices. However, teachers need more assessment literacy regarding their knowledge of test quality. This research employed qualitative data from a small number of teachers, so future studies that include more teachers from different locations and consider different viewpoints, including those of students, families, and policymakers, on how to evaluate student achievement virtually are recommended.
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author Thamrin, Nur Sehang
Madya, Suwarsih
Putro, Nur Hidayanto Pancoro Setyo
Mustakim, Siti Salina
Hassan, Aminuddin
Retnawati, Heri
spellingShingle Thamrin, Nur Sehang
Madya, Suwarsih
Putro, Nur Hidayanto Pancoro Setyo
Mustakim, Siti Salina
Hassan, Aminuddin
Retnawati, Heri
Eclectic approach: a search for more effective assessment ways to meet EFL assessment principles
author_facet Thamrin, Nur Sehang
Madya, Suwarsih
Putro, Nur Hidayanto Pancoro Setyo
Mustakim, Siti Salina
Hassan, Aminuddin
Retnawati, Heri
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title Eclectic approach: a search for more effective assessment ways to meet EFL assessment principles
title_short Eclectic approach: a search for more effective assessment ways to meet EFL assessment principles
title_full Eclectic approach: a search for more effective assessment ways to meet EFL assessment principles
title_fullStr Eclectic approach: a search for more effective assessment ways to meet EFL assessment principles
title_full_unstemmed Eclectic approach: a search for more effective assessment ways to meet EFL assessment principles
title_sort eclectic approach: a search for more effective assessment ways to meet efl assessment principles
publisher Syiah Kuala University
publishDate 2023
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107430/1/107430.pdf
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