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 | ||||
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| S.D | D | N.S | A | S.A |
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| Formative assessment enables a teacher to do remediation | 2 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 42 | 4.2 | 0.92 |
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| (2.1%) | (4.21) | (8.42%) | (41.05%) | (44.21%) |
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| Formative assessment enables students to identify their strengths and weaknesses | 01 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 54 | 4.38 | 0.889 |
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| (1.05%) | (5.26%) | (5.26%) | (31.6%) | (56.84%) |
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| My teacher preparation programme provided me with a variety of ways to assess students. | 00 | 04 | 8 | 58 | 25 | 4.05 | 0.83 |
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| (0%) | (4.21%) | (8.42%) | (61.05%) | (26.31%) |
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| Formative assessment is an integral part of instruction/instruction. | 00 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 43 | 4.25 | 0.911 |
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| (0%) | (5.26%) | (5.26%) | (44.21%) | (45.3%) |
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| Formative assessment is more of learning goals than performance goals | 5 | 13 | 18 | 39 | 20 | 3.59 | 1.125 |
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| (5.26%) | (13.7%) | (18.94%) | (41.05%) | (21.05%) |
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| Formative assessment improves students learning | 00 | 00 | 4 | 40 | 51 | 4.41 | 0.869 |
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| (0%) | (0%) | (4.21%) | (42.10%) | (53.68%) |
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| Formative assessment involves students in lessons | 00 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 37 | 4.189 | 0.90 |
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| (0%) | (5.26%) | (5.26%) | (50.52%) | (38.94%) |
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Mean classification (Disagree 1-2; Uncertainty 2.1-3.0 and Agree 3.1-4.5)