Teachers’ Percentions on the Use of Formative Assessmesnt at Secondary Level
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The thesis entitled "Teachers’ Perceptions on the Use of Formative
Assessment at Secondary Level” is an attempt to find out teachers’
perceptions on the use of formative assessment ELT classrooms. I collected the
data by administrating the questionnaire to 30 teachers of different secondary
schools of Arghakhanchi district. Two types of questionnaire (close-ended and
open-ended) were employed to elicit data. The sample of the study was
selected through purposive non-random sampling procedures. The data were
analyzed and interpreted in order to find out their perceptions of using
formative assessment in ELT classroom. I conduct survey research to achieve
the objectives of the study. The major findings of the study show that formative
assessments were used for teaching for providing the feedback to the students,
to improve the teaching learning process. Most of the teachers used the
formative assessment in the form of role play, pair work, group work,
individual work, terminal examination and discussion in classroom at
secondary level. Moreover, it was perceived that use of formative assessment is
beneficial to the students as well as teachers at secondary level in ELT
classrooms; but it was also found that lack of the trained teachers in ELT
classroom may hinder learning of the students. It is recommended that teachers
are required to get training regarding appropriate and judicious use of
formative assessment in ELT classrooms.
This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is introduction which
consists of background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the
study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study
and operational definitions of the key terms. The second chapter includes
review of related literature and conceptual framework that consists of review of
theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implications of the review
of the study and conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapter deals with
methods and procedures of the study which covers design and method of the
study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools and techniques,
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sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis procedures and ethical
considerations. Likewise, the fourth chapter includes the analysis and
interpretation of the data. Furthermore, fifth chapter includes findings,
conclusion and recommendations. Finally, the references and the appendices,
which are necessary for the validation of the research, have also been presented.