Essays about: "summative assessment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words summative assessment.

  1. 1. Summative assessment of oral language proficiency : Four Swedish EFL teachers’ views on communicative competence, grading criteria and strategy use

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP)

    Author : Malin Schultz; [2020]
    Keywords : oral fluency; oral interaction; knowledge requirements; grading; threshold levels; interviews; grounded theory; Swedish upper secondary school; syllabus for English;

    Abstract : Assessment is one of the major struggles for EFL teachers, not least oral proficiency assessment. Considering the great influence of communicative competence on today’s EFL classroom, oral language proficiency is a common source of assessment. However, it is also difficult to assess, and grading criteria are not always easy to interpret. READ MORE

  3. 2. Assessment in English on the Upper Secondary Level : Teachers' experiences of formative assessment: a comparison between theories and practices

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Melissa Quach; [2020]
    Keywords : Formative assessment; English; Upper secondary level; Self-assessment; Peer-assessment; Feedback; Assessment; Teachers perceptions; Formativ bedömning; Engelska; Gymnasiet; Egenbedömning; Kamratbedömning; Återkoppling; Bedömning; Lärares uppfattningar;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to compare practices of assessment with theory. Three teachers on the upper secondary level in English were interviewed. READ MORE

  4. 3. The use of learning rubrics in English as a foreign language primary school classrooms in Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS); Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Angela Arias Morel; Louise Torgén; [2020]
    Keywords : EFL; formative assessment; language development; learning rubrics; teacher practices;

    Abstract : Learning rubrics are adapted to the students’ understanding, and contain a clear focus of what they are supposed to learn. Teachers’ knowledge about them seems to be limited, and assessment rubrics are a more common tool for teachers’ assessment practices (Alm, 2015). READ MORE

  5. 4. “She is such a B!” – “Really? How can you tell?” : A qualitive study into inter-rater reliability in grading EFL writing in a Swedish upper-secondary school

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Josefin Mård Grinde; [2019]
    Keywords : English writing assessment; Sweden; upper-secondary school; inter-rater reliability; rater factors; rubric measurement; consistency in rater assessment in an ESL environment;

    Abstract : This project investigates the extent to which EFL teachers’ assessment practices of two students’ written texts differ in a Swedish upper-secondary school. It also seeks to understand the factors influencing the teachers regarding inter-rater reliability in their assessment and marking process. READ MORE

  6. 5. Assessment For Learning : a comparative study of formative assessment practices in two upper-secondary schools

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Stephen Compton; [2019]
    Keywords : Formative assessment; summative assessment; collegial learning; formative feedback; criterion-referenced assessment; The Swedish National Agency for Education.;

    Abstract : Formative assessment lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. Little research has been conducted on formative assessment practices, nor collegial practices in an EFL context. READ MORE