Formative Assessment Conceptions and Practices of Junior High School Social Studies Teachers in the Techiman Municipality of Ghana
Table 7.
The extentto which social studies teachers practice formative assessment during theirday-to-day instruction.
| Statement | S.D | M | | 1. I allow my students to ask any questions about the key ideas. | .95533 | 3.21 | | 2. I frame my questions to allow me to monitor students’ progress. | .88258 | 3.14 | | 3. I adjust instruction and assessment as needed to re-address the objectives more effectively. | .85355 | 2.87 | | 4. I move about the room and listen to what students are saying when they talk with partners. | .90203 | 2.87 | | 5. I assess my students on concepts learnt to separate facts from opinions. | .88258 | 2.86 | | 6. I collect and read their summaries. | .90265 | 2.81 | | 7. I provide feedback to the pairs instantly. | 1.02 | 2.67 | | 8. I allow my students to write the big idea for the unit we have studied. | .98795 | 2.51 | | 9. I follow the pair discussion by a whole class review to reach consensus on the concept under discussion. | .83499 | 2.45 | | 10. I allow my students to write down any two questions based on the topic we have treated. | .96617 | 2.29 | | 11. I allow my students to solve problems during lessons in pairs. | .72886 | 2.25 | | 12. I allow my students to add any important notes that are missing from their partner’s notes. | .96373 | 2.17 | | 13. I allow my students to enhance their partner’s notes by underlining key terms or ideas. | .97929 | 2.09 | | 14. I allow my students to switch notes with their partners. | .98840 | 1.96 | Mean ranking: 0-1.5 (never), 1.6-2.5 (sometimes), 2.6-3.5 (frequently) and 3.6-4.0 (always)
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Mean ranking: 0-1.5 (never), 1.6-2.5 (sometimes), 2.6-3.5 (frequently) and 3.6-4.0 (always) |