Self-perceived assessment competencies and practices among university lecturers

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the lecturers’ self-perceived competencies and practices in assessing students. Design/methodology/approach – An Assessment Practices Inventory Modified was administered to a sample of 329 randomly selected lecturers from six universities in Ugand...

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Main Authors:	Matuvo, Musa, Zubairi, Ainol Madziah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Emerald Insights 2014
Subjects:	L Education (General) LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa)
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spelling	iium-383932014-09-24T07:52:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38393/ Self-perceived assessment competencies and practices among university lecturers Matuvo, Musa Zubairi, Ainol Madziah L Education (General) LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa) Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the lecturers’ self-perceived competencies and practices in assessing students. Design/methodology/approach – An Assessment Practices Inventory Modified was administered to a sample of 329 randomly selected lecturers from six universities in Uganda. Factor analysis and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used to address the research questions. Findings – The results of factor analysis yielded a factor structure of four variables; design, administration, interpretation, and application. The MANOVA multivariate test results highlighted differences in assessment competencies and practices among lecturers in the different academic levels (Wilks’ l¼0.732, F(16, 313)¼5.624, po0.05, Z2¼0.075), and in the interaction between type of university, specialisations, and academic levels (Roy’s largest root¼0.073, F(8, 313)¼2.543, po0.05, Z2¼0.068). The Tukey HSD post hoc test results revealed that lecturers in the specialisation of education were different from their counterparts in other specialisations, in interpreting assessment results. Academic levels differences existed in all the dependent variables (design, administration, interpretation, and application). No differences existed in assessment competencies and practices between lecturers in the different types of universities. Originality/value – Lecturers have been found to differ in their assessment competencies and practices, according to their specialisations and academic levels. It has been recommended in this study, that, assessment training programmes be made mandatory to all lecturers in universities, in order to bridge the gap their competencies and practices in assessing students. Emerald Insights 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38393/1/Emerald_Insights_Self_perceived_and_practices_Matuvo_and_Zubairi.pdf Matuvo, Musa and Zubairi, Ainol Madziah (2014) Self-perceived assessment competencies and practices among university lecturers. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 6 (2). pp. 269-284. ISSN 2050-7003 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JARHE-04-2013-0020 10.1108/JARHE-04-2013-0020
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description	Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the lecturers’ self-perceived competencies and practices in assessing students. Design/methodology/approach – An Assessment Practices Inventory Modified was administered to a sample of 329 randomly selected lecturers from six universities in Uganda. Factor analysis and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used to address the research questions. Findings – The results of factor analysis yielded a factor structure of four variables; design, administration, interpretation, and application. The MANOVA multivariate test results highlighted differences in assessment competencies and practices among lecturers in the different academic levels (Wilks’ l¼0.732, F(16, 313)¼5.624, po0.05, Z2¼0.075), and in the interaction between type of university, specialisations, and academic levels (Roy’s largest root¼0.073, F(8, 313)¼2.543, po0.05, Z2¼0.068). The Tukey HSD post hoc test results revealed that lecturers in the specialisation of education were different from their counterparts in other specialisations, in interpreting assessment results. Academic levels differences existed in all the dependent variables (design, administration, interpretation, and application). No differences existed in assessment competencies and practices between lecturers in the different types of universities. Originality/value – Lecturers have been found to differ in their assessment competencies and practices, according to their specialisations and academic levels. It has been recommended in this study, that, assessment training programmes be made mandatory to all lecturers in universities, in order to bridge the gap their competencies and practices in assessing students.
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title	Self-perceived assessment competencies and practices among university lecturers
title_short	Self-perceived assessment competencies and practices among university lecturers
title_full	Self-perceived assessment competencies and practices among university lecturers
title_fullStr	Self-perceived assessment competencies and practices among university lecturers
title_full_unstemmed	Self-perceived assessment competencies and practices among university lecturers
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