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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jan
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Conceptions of Assessment: Investigating What Assessment Means to Secondary and University Teachers
Hidri, Sahbi
Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, v1 n1 p19-43 Jan 2016
The overriding objective of this study was to investigate secondary and university teachers' assessment conceptions in an EFL context using a four-factor ("Student Accountability", "School Accountability", "Improvement" and "Irrelevance") teachers' conceptions of assessment (TCoA) inventory (Brown, 2006). Data of the study were collected by a questionnaire administered to secondary school (n=336) and university (n=206) teachers. Factor analyses (exploratory factor analysis (EFA), parallel analysis (principal component analysis (PCA)), dimension analysis (SPSS R-Menu v.2.0) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)) using SPSS v. 22.0 and AMOS v. 21.0 were examined. Results delineated a three-factor model ("Accountability", "Improvement" and "Irrelevant") with an endorsement of and a significant relationship between "Accountability" and "Improvement". The ecological relationship between factors and indicators denoted teachers' misconceptions about assessment. Implications for future research on TCoA in similar-related contexts were also discussed.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Accountability, Factor Analysis, Misconceptions, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Language Tests, Goodness of Fit
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Tunisia
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