Students’ perception on the Practice of internal Assessment System

Abstract

The present study entitled “Students’ Perception on the Internal Assessment”.The objective of this study is to assess the practice of internal assessment in semester system and to explore students’ perceptions in terms of tools and techniques of internal assessment are objectives of this research.It was based on survey research design. Simple random sampling strategy was used to select sample for the study. Forty students were selected from the department of English Educations who had been studying in 4 viii th semester. The main tool used for data collection was questionnaire.Both,primary and secondary sources of data were used. After analysis and interpretation of the data, it has been found that majority of the students had positive perception on the practice of internal assessment in semester system. They viewed that assessment system enabled them for in-depth learning and active interaction developed their confidence level. However, less number of students perceived that the practice of internal assessment system was not systematic. They have said that scoring system and counting attendance were not transparent.There was hello effect in scoring.Regarding the tools used in semester system they viewed that attendance,project work, group work, mid-term exam, and individual assignment are constructive for them. This thesis consists five chapters. The first chapter deals with the background of the study, statement of the problems,objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key words. The second chapter deals with the review of theoretical and empirical literature, implications of the review literature and conceptual framework of the study. Likewise, the third chapter deals with the methodology adopted for the study in which design of the study population sample and sampling strategies of the study,research tools, resources of data,data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation procedures of the study are discussed.Similarly,fourth chapter of this study deals with the analysis and interpretation of the collected data. Finally, the fifth chapter deals with findings based on the analysis and interpretation of the data, conclusion and recommendations. This chapter is followed by reference and appendices.