- Title
- Using the student perceptions of assessment questionnaire (SPAQ) to develop an assessment typology for science classes
- Creator
- Dorman, Jeffrey; Waldrip, Bruce; Fisher, Darrell
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/36562
- Identifier
- vital:5983
- Identifier
- ISSN:0124-5481
- Abstract
- This article reports research conducted on students’ perceptions of assessment in science classes in Queensland and Western Australia. A specially developed instrument, the Student Perceptions of Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ) which assesses Congruence with Planned Learning, Authenticity, Student Consultation, Transparency, and Diversity was used to collect data from 3,055 students. Hierarchical cluster analysis resulted in a four cluster solution being accepted. While one cluster of 799 students held positive perceptions of assessment, another cluster of 640 students held negative views. The SPAQ allows for a greater focus on classroom-based perceptions of assessment rather than crude external accountability measures that decontextualise classroom assessment.
- Relation
- Foundation Journal of Science Education Vol. 9, no. 1 (2008), p. 13-17
- Rights
- Copyright
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; MD Multidisciplinary; Congruence (Psychology); Science education; Student assessment; Student attitudes; Classification; Cluster analysis; Primary education; Questionnaires; Secondary education; Student Perceptions of Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ); Queensland (Place); Western Australia (Place)
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