Assessment practices in Saudi higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic

被引:23
作者
Almossa, Samar Yakoob [1 ]
Alzahrani, Sahar Matar [1 ]
机构
[1] Umm Al Qura Univ, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
来源
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS | 2022年 / 9卷 / 01期
关键词
ASSESSMENT LITERACY; CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT; LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; TEACHERS;
D O I
10.1057/s41599-021-01025-z
中图分类号
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
This study determines the assessment practices used by teaching staff in Saudi universities, explores how these assessment practices have changed during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and investigates how teaching staffs' priorities and preferences for education on assessment during the pandemic were shaped. To support professional development, the study also aims to raise teaching staffs' awareness of assessment practices. Teaching staff in Saudi universities were invited to complete the Approaches to Classroom Inventory survey. The results showed that the most highly endorsed practices included giving feedback, linking assessments to learning objectives and learning outcomes, using scoring guides, and monitoring and revising assessment approaches. The least endorsed practices included mapping summative assessment to curriculum expectations, responding to the cultural and linguistic diversity of students, and accommodating students with special needs/exceptionalities in assessments. Further, during the pandemic, formative assessments were rarely used. Although faculty members from various colleges and fields of specialty showed similar patterns in endorsing assessment practices, they differed in their preferences and needs for assessment education.
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