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
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	University of Cumbria, UK 2014
Subjects:	LB1705 Education and training of teachers LB2300 Higher Education
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/1/AFL_Practitioner_Research.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/4/AFL_Practitioner_Research_TOC.pdf

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spelling	iium-353872018-06-20T08:46:49Z 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/AFL_Practitioner_Research.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/4/AFL_Practitioner_Research_TOC.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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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/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/1/AFL_Practitioner_Research.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/35387/4/AFL_Practitioner_Research_TOC.pdf
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Assessment for learning practices and competency among Malaysian university lecturers: a national study

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