Assessment Practices and Beliefs: Teachers' Perspectives on Assessment during Long Distance Learning

Autor/inn/en	Ferretti, Federica; Santi, George Richard Paul; Del Zozzo, Agnese; Garzetti, Marzia; Bolondi, Giorgio
Titel	Assessment Practices and Beliefs: Teachers' Perspectives on Assessment during Long Distance Learning
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 11 (2021), Artikel 264 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ferretti, Federica) ORCID (Santi, George Richard Paul) ORCID (Garzetti, Marzia)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Evaluation Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Student Evaluation; Distance Education; COVID-19; Pandemics; Foreign Countries; Formative Evaluation; Professional Identity; Elementary Secondary Education; Web Based Instruction; Technology Uses in Education; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Ausland; Web Based Training; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Italien
Abstract	The COVID-19 crisis has strongly affected the school system. In Italy, at-distance forms of didactics have been activated, changing the physiognomy of schools in terms of social interaction, practices and the identity of the individuals. In this paper, we address the issue of how teachers are facing the crisis: our focus is on assessment, as a key variable catalyzing personal history; beliefs; the interface between students; teachers and the school system. We study teachers' beliefs as part of their identities and assessment as a fundamental variable of beliefs. A qualitative content analysis of the open-ended answers to an online questionnaire is carried out to understand the main characteristics associated with assessment by teachers and the obstacles to overcome in the context of long distance learning (LDL). The data show that teachers did not identify valid assessment methods for LDL during the lockdown, especially due to the lack of control over the students. A misconception emerges concerning the definition of formative assessment together with a new awareness of the possibilities offered by digital technologies regarding the individualization of didactics. This study helps to understand which teachers' beliefs are related to assessment are and how they are shaped. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01