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Difference in assessment: Towards a dynamic assessment approach in education

Alemi, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2011

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. Publisher: 2011
  3. Abstract:
  4. Discouraging the divorce between Language teaching and language testing, dynamic assessment has changed into a strong tool not only for language assessment but also for language development and leaner involvement in the learning process. This study aimed to investigate (a) Iranian EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners' off-task self-assessment and on-task self-rating of their writing ability and the impact of a dynamic-assessment-based course on the accuracy of their self-assessment and self-rating, and (b) the interrelationships among teacher rating, self-assessment, and self-rating in the writing performance of 22 engineering students taking a writing course as part of an EAP (English for Academic Purposes) program. Application of descriptive statistics accompanied by correlational analyses and Mests showed that the participants overrated their on-task and off-task writing ability as measured against teacher rating before their exposure to the dynamic-assessment-based course. However, the difference between teacher rating on the one hand, student self-assessment and self-rating on the other decreased as a result of dynamic assessment, and strong, significant correlations were found among participants' self-assessment, their self-rating, and teacher rating. The results suggest that dynamic assessment helps Iranian EFL learners gain a better awareness of the criteria for writing evaluation and hence become more accurate in assessing their own writing ability
  5. Keywords:
  6. EFL Writing ; Self-assessment ; Teacher rating ; Cybernetics ; Education ; Information science ; Students ; Teaching ; Correlational analysis ; Descriptive statistics ; Dynamic assessment ; English-as-a-Foreign-Language ; Language development ; Self-rating ; Student self assessments ; Rating
  7. Source: IMSCI 2011 - 5th International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics, Proceedings, 19 July 2011 through 22 July 2011, Orlando, FL ; Volume 2 , 2011 , Pages 59-64 ; 9781936338344 (ISBN)
  8. URL: http://www.iiis.org/CDs2011/CD2011SCI/EISTA_2011/PapersPdf/EA963CZ.pdf