Teacher or Examiner? The Tensions between Formative and Summative Assessment in the Case of Science Coursework |
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| Authors: | Olga Gioka |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Panepistimioupolis, 45–110 Ioannina, Greece |
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| Abstract: | The aim of the reported study was to explore how science teachers made sense of their roles and responsibilities in teaching
and assessing science coursework. The focus was on the teacher assessment, the feedback that teachers gave to students and,
how they perceived their role when they taught and assessed students’ science coursework reports. The research methodology
included observation of science lessons, collection of marked students’ reports and two interviews with each of the nine participant
teachers. Two cases of teachers are considered as representative of the participant teachers and their perceptions and practices
are compared and contrasted. Teachers either adopted the role of the examiner or combined the role of the teacher with that
of examiner. They distinguished marking of science theory exercises from marking of coursework and, teaching theory from teaching
investigations, on the basis that the grade they assigned to coursework contributed to the total grade for external exams.
A key conclusion is that teaching and assessment of science coursework need to re-focus on learning. The study calls for changes
in public policy for summative assessment to place more reliance on teachers’ assessments and secondly, for changes in school
practices in formative assessment for teachers to support students to learn in the case of science coursework. |
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| Keywords: | Assessment criteria Feedback Formative assessment Science coursework Summative assessment Teacher assessment |
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