Finnish Upper Secondary School Students' Perceptions of Their Teachers' Assessment Practices

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Author	Toni Mäkipää Najat Ouakrim-Soivio
Abstract	The paper addresses Finnish students' perceptions of assessment practices in upper secondary school. We study what experiences students have about assessment, and how they assess their ability to use and understand teachers' feedback. The data were gathered on a web-based questionnaire to 918 students in four upper secondary schools. The questionnaire contained both closed-ended and open-ended questions. According to students' responses, most students consider that they are able to use and understand their teachers' feedback, and that teachers are prone to apply traditional assessment methods. The results pave the way for enhancing versatility in assessment practices. At the end of this paper, we will discuss the important role of assessment in teaching and how teachers' assessment literacy could be enhanced and made more visible. We also ponder whether alongside teachers' assessment literacy we should also consider students' assessment literacy.
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DOI	10.22329/jtl.v13i2.5971
Journal	Journal of Teaching and Learning
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	13
e-ISSN	19118279
Language	English
Publisher	University of Windsor
Publisher Date	2020-01-01
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education