Building teachers’ capacity in formative assessment: the Singapore example

• Authors: Kim Koh , Lyndon Lim , Charlene Tan , Mubarak Habib

Abstracts

EN

The objective of this study is to contribute to the knowledge base of teacher professional development and formative assessment using Singapore as an example. The study was carried out through an exploratory case study in a Singapore school. Our study shows that while the teachers find formative assessment beneficial, they do not have sufficient knowledge of it and face the challenges of heavy workload, time pressure and lack of confidence. The results serve to inform policymakers and educators of the need to provide effective and sustained teacher professional development in formative assessment as well as continual teacher support and collaboration.

Keywords

EN

formative assessment; Singapore; teacher professional development

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 40
• Pages: 211-221

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Kim Koh

author

Lyndon Lim

author

Charlene Tan

author

Mubarak Habib

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2015.40.2.18

Biblioteka Nauki

2012196