Formative Assessment Conceptions and Practices of Junior High School Social Studies Teachers in the Techiman Municipality of Ghana

Table 5.

Teachers’ conception of formative assessment

Statement

Frequency (Percentage)

Mean

STD

 

S.D

D

N.S

A

S.A

 

 

Formative assessment enables a teacher to do remediation

2

4

8

39

42

4.2

0.92

 

(2.1%)

(4.21)

(8.42%)

(41.05%)

(44.21%)

 

 

Formative assessment enables students to identify their strengths and weaknesses

01

5

5

30

54

4.38

0.889

 

(1.05%)

(5.26%)

(5.26%)

(31.6%)

(56.84%)

 

 

My teacher preparation programme provided me with a variety of ways to assess students.

00

04

8

58

25

4.05

0.83

 

(0%)

(4.21%)

(8.42%)

(61.05%)

(26.31%)

 

 

Formative assessment is an integral part of instruction/instruction.

00

5

5

42

43

4.25

0.911

 

(0%)

(5.26%)

(5.26%)

(44.21%)

(45.3%)

 

 

Formative assessment is more of learning goals than performance goals

5

13

18

39

20

3.59

1.125

 

(5.26%)

(13.7%)

(18.94%)

(41.05%)

(21.05%)

 

 

Formative assessment improves students learning

00

00

4

40

51

4.41

0.869

 

(0%)

(0%)

(4.21%)

(42.10%)

(53.68%)

 

 

Formative assessment involves students in lessons

00

5

5

48

37

4.189

0.90

 

(0%)

(5.26%)

(5.26%)

(50.52%)

(38.94%)

 

 

Mean classification (Disagree 1-2; Uncertainty 2.1-3.0 and Agree 3.1-4.5)

Mean classification (Disagree 1-2; Uncertainty 2.1-3.0 and Agree 3.1-4.5)