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Students’ Perceptions on the Effects of UiTM Post-Graduate Assessment Method

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Hazrat Usman Mashwani (2016403478)

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Case Study "MATH, the only subject that counts

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Case Study "MATH, the only subject that counts

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Nur Syafeeqah Mohd Zaid

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Najwa Zulkifli

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Aisya Aliah's case study: "A meeting that changed it all"

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Aisya Aliah's case study: "A meeting that changed it all"

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Shafiq, Amani, Aisya, Alia

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STRATEGIES IN CONDUCTING ORAL TEST FOR PT3 STUDENTSlatest

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Nasser Rasoly's Case Study (Nawid Pirooz

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Nasser Rasoly's Case Study (Nawid Pirooz

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Edwina Ivy's Case Study (Russian Roulette)

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Edwina Ivy's Case Study (Russian Roulette)

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3.       How is SBA implemented in different countries?

Finland has been a poster child for school improvement since it rapidly climbed to the top of international rankings after emerging from the Soviet Union’s shadow. Finland now ranks first among all OECD nations on the PISA assessments in mathematics, science, and reading. Finland attributes these gains to intensive investments in teacher education — all teachers receive three years of high-quality graduate-level preparation completely at state expense — plus major overhaul of the curriculum and assessment system. Most teachers now hold master’s degrees in both their content and in education, and their preparation is aimed at learning to teach diverse learners — including special needs students — for deep understanding. Preparation includes a strong focus on how to use formative performance assessments in the service of student learning.

Sweden also invests heavily in state-funded graduate teacher education for all teachers and relies on a highly trained teaching force to implement its curriculum and assessment system. Over 40 years, both Finland and Sweden have shifted from highly centralized systems emphasizing external testing to more localized systems using multiple forms of assessments. Around 1970, Sweden abolished its nationally administered exit exam that ranked upper secondary students and placed them in higher education programs. Finland followed suit, and both nations stopped tracking students into different streams by their test scores, offering a common core curriculum to all students. These changes were intended to equalize educational outcomes and provide more open access to higher education.

Unlike such smaller countries as Finland and Sweden that have national curricula, in the much larger Australia each state has its own curriculum and assessment system. Australia’s only national assessment is a periodic, matrix-sample-based assessment, similar to the National Assessment of Educational Progress in the U.S. In most Australian states, local school-based performance assessment is a well-developed part of the system. In some cases, states have also centralized assessment with performance components. The two highest-achieving states, Queensland and A.C.T., have the most highly developed systems of local performance assessment. Victoria, which uses a blended model of centralized and school-based assessment, also generally performs well on national and international tests.

As in Victoria, assessments in Great Britain use a combination of external and school-based tasks based on the national curriculum and course syllabi. Throughout the school years, classroom-based tasks scored by teachers are used to evaluate student achievement of curriculum goals. At age 7, students take open-ended, nationally developed assessments in English and math that are scored by teachers in the school; at age 11, similar tests in English, math, and science are marked externally. At age 14, there was once a set of national exams to supplement teacher-created and administered assessments. Those external exams were abolished in October 2008, leaving only the teacher-developed assessments. While not mandatory, most students take a set of exams at year 11 (age 16) to achieve their General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). Students may take as many single-subject or combined subject assessments as they like, and they choose which ones they will take based on their interests and areas of expertise. Most GCSE items are essay questions. The math exam includes questions that ask students to show the reasoning behind their answers, and foreign language exams require oral presentations. About 25% to 30% of the final examination score is based on coursework and assessments developed and graded by teachers. In many subjects, students also complete a project worked on in class that is specified in the syllabus.

In collaboration with educators from Australia, the UK, and other nations, Hong Kong’s assessment system is evolving from a highly centralized examination system to one that increasingly emphasizes school-based, formative assessments that expect students to analyze issues and solve problems. The government has decided to gradually replace the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examinations, which most students sit for at the end of their five year secondary education, with a new diploma that will feature school-based assessments. In addition, the Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA), which assesses lower-grade student performance in Chinese, English, and mathematics, is developing an online bank of assessment tasks to enable schools to assess students and receive feedback on their performance on their own time frames. The formal TSA assessments, which include both written and oral components, occur at primary grades 3 and 6 and secondary grade 3 (the equivalent of 9th grade in the U.S.).

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5.       What are the assessments done in SBA?

A) A Criterion Based Assessment Criteria is a basis to assess individual students throughout the year in each subject under SBA:

o   Attendance in class and interest in learning

o   Assessment (class-wise)

o   Assignments (individual/in group)

o   Behavior, values and honesty

o   Presentation of speech (individual and group discussions)

o   Leadership qualities

o   Discipline

o   Participation in cultural activities

o   Performance in sports and games

o   Practical classes in science subjects.

B)  Students’ coursework Includes learning activities under six criteria undertaken by the students both in school and at home.

o   Class tests

o   Class work

o   Homework

o   Assignments

o   Oral presentation

o   Group work

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4.   What are the issues and challenges of SBA?

Some of the issues that deem essential to be attend to in this 21st century classroom of school based assessment are the teacher-student ratio in a classroom, teachers training, teachers’ motivation, teachers’ ability to use technology for the lessons, as well as the teachers’ workload. Furthermore, it is important to carefully plan the implementation of the school based assessment to avoid the students being the victims of the situation, wherein the implementation of SBA has not been carefully planned.

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2.       What are the benefits?

The benefits of SBA is that it provides pressure-free environment to both parties, which are the teacher and students, to reflect the students’ performance in terms of their standard and ability to achieve the learning goals of each lesson. SBA also lessen the students’ reliance on memorizing for the assessment of their standard and ability. It could also reinforce students’ autonomy and independent learning instead of spoon fed. Plus, it also encourage self-evaluation and individual development.

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1.       What is SBA?

Assessment is the process of gathering, recording, interpreting, using and communicating information about students’ progress and achievement during the development of knowledge, concepts, skills and attitudes. The summative and formative assessment are the two types of assessment. In assessment, there are three familiar terms, which are assessment of learning, assessment for learning, and assessment for learning. School based assessment is an assessment embedded in the teaching and learning process within the broader educational philosophy of assessment for learning. The school based assessment is also known as internal assessment, coursework and continuous assessment. Nowadays, the focus of assessment on the students’ performance is not solely on the paper and pen tests. School based assessment is the process to collect evidence of what students have achieved, especially in the learning outcomes that are not easily measured through the traditional type of assessment such as the formative paper and pencil test.

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1. What is SBA?

School based-assessment is an approach that aims to provide students with meaningful constructive evaluation and encourage teacher’s autonomy in assessment practices. This entails an integration of summative and formative assessment strategies to assist learner’s acquisition of the prescribed criteria set by the governing institution. Under this approach, students will participate in a variety of on-going evaluation throughout the course while being assessed by the local teacher

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2. What are the benefits?

a) Provide a constant data of the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process based on school based-standards rather than the broader nationwide standards.

b) Empower students to communicate and develop critical thinking through the activities prescribed by the syllabus.

c) It decreases reliance on final summative evaluation through the integration of formative assessment into the syllabus.

d) Promotes positive washback as student’s anxiety are decreased and encourage student’s development through feedback from instructors.

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Nur Aisya Aliah Mohd Subari (2015767323

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1.       What is SBA?

SBA stands for School-based assessment, which is a ‘holistic assessment system conducted in school by subject teachers to assess the students’ cognitive (intellect), affective (emotional and spiritual) and psychomotor (physical) aspects’ (Nor Hasnida Che Md Ghazali, 2016) in accordance with Malaysia’s National Philosophy of Education and the Standards-based School Curriculum.

It is also defined as assessment included in teaching and learning process within the broader educational philosophy of ‘assessment for learning’.

It is to continuously assess student in a pressure free environment, to reflect the standard and ability of students, lessen the reliance on memorizing, and assess one’s academic and personal development and nurture it, foster teaching and learning and reinforce learners’ autonomy and independent learning.

2.       What are the benefits?

1)      It is in a form of formative assessment, which is continuous and diagnostic.

2)      Encourage self-evaluation of the students

3)      Diagnose overall learning process which is intellect, moral, emotion and physical.

4)      Emphasized on individual development

5)      Systematic

6)      Enable future improvement in the future

3. How is SBA implemented in different countries?

In Hong Kong, the school based assessment started with English subject that is known Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) in 2007. SBA is an integral part of the English Language assessment for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) implemented from 2012. The HKDSE replaced the dual examination system (HKCEE and Advanced Levels) and forms part of the New Senior Secondary Curriculum framework. It is to assess the students’ competence in four areas: pronunciation and delivery, communication strategies, vocabulary and language patterns, and ideas and organization. SBA requires students to cooperate with their classmates to complete the tasks, which has the potential advantage of reducing the nervousness that they tend to feel when required to speak in English. (Siu Yin Annie Tong & Adamson, 2015)

In the United Kingdom, ‘school-based assessment across a range of contexts including: coursework and controlled assessment; practical assessment across a range of subjects; and speaking and listening in Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)’ (Green, n.d.).

In Australia, Students studying a QCAA subject in Years 11 and 12 are taught and assessed by teachers within a system of school-based assessment. This means that although teachers are guided by QCAA syllabuses, they design the learning and assessment programs. Students are assessed using a variety of techniques, including presentations and assignments as well as supervised exams. Rigorous external moderation ensures that students are treated fairly, and that achievement standards are comparable across all schools for all students. (The State of Queensland, 2014)

4. What are the issues and challenges of SBA?

1) Teacher’s readiness in implementing SBA to their students.

2) Facilities required to assess the students affectively

3) Training required for teachers to understand the scope on how SBA is done in the classroom and how it is graded.

4) Time management

5) Parents’ and students’ negative views regarding SBA does not benefit them than their examination score/grades.

5. What are the assessments done in SBA?

1) Group assignments,

2) Presentations,

3) Class tests,

4) Class works,

5) Homework, and

6) Assignments.

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NUR AMANI BINTI MOHAMAD ZAKI (2015192393)

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NUR SYAFEEQAH BINTI MOHD ZAID (2016826712)

1. What is SBA?

- School based assessment is an assessment which is embedded in the teaching and learning process, with students being assessed by their subject teacher. It is a holistic system where it assesses students’ cognitive, affective and psychomotor.

2. What are the benefits?

-  Reflecting students’ ability

-  Fostering teaching

-  Enforcing independent learning

-  Facilitating learning autonomy

-  Empowering teachers in the evaluation process

3. How is SBA implemented in different countries?

-  SBA was first introduced in Hong Kong for chemistry to assess their laboratory work.

-  In Bangladesh, their MOE implemented SBA system in secondary classroom.

4. What are the issues and challenges of SBA?

-  Readiness of the teacher in implementing the new system (SBA)

-  The capability of the teacher in implementing SBA

-  Large scale number of students vs number of teachers

5. What are the assessments done in SBA?

-  Presentations

-  Group work

-  Assignments / homework

-  Portfolios

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Nasser Rasoly

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School Based Assessment by Hashmatullah Tareen

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School Based Assessment by Hashmatullah Tareen

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(2016408354)
Salam Dr. here is the attachment

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3) Hong Kong is one of the countries that has used SBA in their education system. In Hong Kong, SBA was first introduced to assess laboratory work.  Meanwhile in Bangladesh, the SBA is implemented in secondary schools.

4) Among the challenges encountered by teachers when implementing SBA are:
- it is time consuming
- teachers lack training on the assessments
- low reliability
- large size classes.

These 4 challenges are very true in the Malaysian contexts. Sometimes teachers have to deal with so many clerical work, especially when they have to key-in the students' marks online. There are even stories where the teachers have to stay up late at night just to key-in the marks because during the day, the server is slow.

5) SBA includes both formative and summative assessments. Among assessments done in SBA are:
- projects
- group work / pair work
- oral tests
- Presentations
- drama / role plays
- paper and pencil
- Q&A sessions in the classroom

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Fatima Ahmed

1. What is SBA?

School based assessment is an assessment done during the process of teaching and learning. SBA can be done in the classroom to assess students’ performance.

2. What are the benefits?

a)      Students are more active during the assessment process

b)      Teacher can give immediate feedbacks to the students

c)       Can be modified to suit learning objectives

d)      Encourage students to develop HOTS

3. How is SBA implemented in different countries?

In Hong Kong for example, SBA in English examination consists of a) reading/viewing program and b) an elective program such as Language Arts.

In the reading/viewing program, students need to read or view 4 texts (can be books or movies) and keep a journal. They are also required to participate in discussions and make presentations. This part is focused on their oral performance but they have to read, write, and listen to get information.

4. What are the issues and challenges of SBA?

In Malaysia, many teachers and students find SBA unclear and vague. Although there are specifications in the content, students’ ‘uniqueness’ were not taken into consideration making the implementation complicated.

5. What are the assessments done in SBA?

a)      Presentations

b)      Roleplay

c)       Discussion

d)      Portfolio

e)      Projects

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SBA by Hazrat Usman Mashwani (2016403478)

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SBA by Hazrat Usman Mashwani (2016403478)

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School Based Assessment by Edwina Ivy Anthonius (2016286832)

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Salam Dr, here is the attachment of the answers to the 5 questions.

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Questions
1. What is SBA?
School Based Assessment is a holistic assessment developed and proposed by the Malaysian Ministry of Education with hopes that it would fairly evaluate the students under three aspects; cognitive, affective and psycho motor categories.

2. What are the benefits?
According to the OECD (2011), the are several benefits to SBA; allows the evaluation and assessment of the assessment's system, comparison between students' achievements and the educational goals through various instruments besides the traditional pen and paper testing, inclusive appraisal of teachers and evaluation of schools.

3. How is SBA implemented in different countries?
Several countries had implemented the system differently, which will be explained in the paragraphs below;

In Sweden, the education sector is govern by a goal-result oriented steering system, which is balanced by transparency in students' achievement and teachers' appraisal reports.

In America, the SBA system follow the credit system where students must have several core subjects but have the freedom to choose their elective subjects.

In Finland, the govern changed the layout of a subject; instead of specific subjects like science and English, they replaced them with topics, that could include more than one subject within a lesson.

4. What are the issues and challenges of SBA?

In Malaysian context, the main challenge came from the educational assessment shift of paradigm; we're leaving traditional assessment of only pen and paper to something more inclusive. The stake holders need time to adjust and understand the new system. Furthermore, there are concerns on teachers' bias and students' performance.

5. What are the assessments done in SBA?
There are several types of assessments in SBA; the first is presentation, where the students' organisational skills, information gathering skills, language and confidence skills are evaluated. The second assessment includes discussion, where the students' critical and creative thinking skills are evaluated and assessed. The third type of assessment are projects and portfolios, where students are usually given the chance to work on a topic/issue/challenge. Teachers would usually evaluate their ability in identifying the problem, problem solving skills, team work ability and leadership skills.

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Answers to the 5 Questions regarding SBA by Abdullah Noori (2016888732)

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Answers to the 5 Questions regarding SBA by Abdullah Noori (2016888732)

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There are quite many benefits from the implementation of SBA. Azlin et al (2013) stated in their study of these benefits:
1) SBA encourages personal progress (for both teachers and students)
2) Both teachers and students develop positive attitude
3) Students could enhance their collaborative skills, and
4) It promotes creative teaching & learning activities.

The benefit that I would like to highlight the most is the shift of focus from paper and pencil assessment to a more holistic and realistic assessment. All this while, the Malaysian government used the approach of "one size fit all" assessment, which is not effective at all. By using SBA to assess the students, the teachers could assess the real potential and abilities of the students by using various types of assessments. This does not mean that paper and pencil assessment is pointless, it could still be used but must also be accompanied by other types of assessments as well.

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SBA: Syed Syed Sakhi Ahmad Sultani (2016838264)

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SBA: Syed Syed Sakhi Ahmad Sultani (2016838264)

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1) Through reading, I could understand that SBA is an alternative assessment that Malaysia is currently adapting to shift the focus from exam-oriented system. In SBA, teachers could use various types of assessments, not only pencil and paper to truly assess the students' potential. Examples of SBA are projects, role-plays, Q&A sessions, oral tests, etc. SBA would assess the students' true potential holistically, not just cognitively.

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By: ShafiqShamshir, Alia Syuhada, Aisha Alia, Amani, Syed Sakhi Ahmad Sultani

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Hello everyone, this is our slides for the discussion (Abdullah, Hashmat, Usman, Fatima and Najwa)

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Hi everyone, this is our group's slides (from Ayu, Akmal, Safwat, Nasser and Nashriq)

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In groups, 1, please list the concepts in educational assessments.  You can goggle and add on the concepts from different sources. For examples, scholarly articles, ppt slides, slideshares, videos, etc. Good Luck!

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In groups, 1, please list the concepts in educational assessments.  You can goggle and add on the concepts from different sources. For examples, scholarly articles, ppt slides, slideshares, videos, etc. Good Luck!

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2. The Role of Assessment
3. Relationship between curriculum, teaching and assessment.
4. Principles of Assessment (Validity, Reliability and Practicality)
5. Types of Assessments
6.  Authentic Assessments
7. Performance Based Assessments
8. Portfolios
9. Paper and Pencil
10. Multiple Choice Items and Essay