THE GEOGRAPHY TEACHER PRACTICES IN

IMPLEMENTATION OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:

A CASE STUDY
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Introduction
Wealnesses 8 consiiainis in ile applicaiion of FA aie due io
ieacleis' insufficieni undeisianding of ile concepi and ileoiy of
FA (Blacl 8 Wiliam iqqS; Wiliam 8 Lealy :ooy).
Implemeniaiion guidelines wlicl aie moie piaciical and
foimaiive in ieims of claiacieiisiic. Tlese include:
(a) Cleaily siaiing ile leaining siandaids (Blacl 8 Wiliam, iqqS;
Laud, Hiiscl, Paiel 8 Wagnei, :oio; Siiggins, :ooy).
(b) Using ile pie assessmeni siiaiegy (McTigle 8 O'Connoi,
:oo).
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(c) Using appiopiiaie FA designs]ieclniques ]aciiviiies
io assess siudeni leaining. Tle ieclnique used 8 ile
level of aciiviiies musi be appiopiiaie io measuie ile
siudenis aclievemeni and siudenis' abiliiy (Bioollaii,
:ooy; Siiggins 8 Clappuis, :oo6).
(d) Piovide ile siudenis wiil effeciive feedbacl (Blacl
and Wiliam, iqqS; Hall, :ooy; Oveiall 8 Sangsiei, :oo6).
(e) Encouiage self assessmeni and peei assessmeni
(Blacl 8 Wiliam, iqqS; Laud, ai. Al, :oio; McTigle 8
O'Connoi, :oo; Siiggins, :oo:).
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(f) Piopei managemeni of T8L iime io male suie ile
applicaiion of FA is smooil and effeciive (Bioollaii, :ooy).
(g) Encouiage siudeni- ceniied aciiviiies and aciive
paiiicipaiion of siudenis in all aciiviiies (Blacl 8 Wiliam, iqqS;
Clappuis, Clappuis 8 Siiggins, :ooq; Ciools, iqqS).
(l) Use infoimaiion deiived fiom FA aciiviiies io decide wlai
io do nexi duiing ile piocess of T8L (Laud, ai. al, :oio; Plelan
ai. al., :ooq; Siiggins, :ooy).
(i) Piaciise effeciive communicaiion (Clappuis, Clappuis 8
Siiggins, :ooq; Siiggins 8 Clappuis, :oo6).
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Statement of the prob|em
Feeling of confusion among ieacleis in
conduciing FA duiing ile piocess of T8L.
Teacleis need "lands-on" expeiience on ile use
of FA piaciices io guide ilem in ileii effoii io
conduci FA successfully.
Teacleis aie someiimes noi awaie ilai boil
aciiviiies can move simulianeously, in iandem
and aie embedded io one anoilei.
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RESEARCH OBJECTIVE
To examine ile piaciices of FA in ile T8L of
Geogiaply in secondaiy sclools befoie ile
implemeniaiion of ile siandaid-based cuiiiculum foi
secondaiy iliee.
RESEARCH QUESTION
How do ieacleis implemeni FA piaciices duiing ile
piocess of T8L in ile subjeci of Geogiaply in
secondaiy iliee?
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8esearch MeLhodology
Qualiiaiive case siudy.
One secondaiy sclool, locaied in Peial, Malaysia.
Tle seleciion of ile paiiicipanis - puiposive
sampling.
Daia was collecied iliougl non-paiiicipani
classioom obseivaiion and inieiviews (Bogdan 8
Billen, :ooy; Meiiiam, :ooq).
Daia was analyzed in iwo siages.
i. Duiing ile field woil
:. Afiei field woil - conieni analysis
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I|nd|ngs
Using oial quesiioning as pvc asscssmcnt
siiaiegy befoie beginning ile T8L piocess.
Uiilized five diffeieni FA tcchniqucs.
Seaiwoil, exeicises, obseivaiions 8
lomewoil weie conducied afiei ile
ieacleis lad given explanaiion of ile
concepis and conienis of ileii lessons.
Oial quesiioning ieclnique was used
iliougloui ile lessons
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Fiequenily gave immcdiatc Iccdback io ileii
siudenis eiilei oially oi in wiiiien foim on ile boaid.
Oial quesiioning aciiviiies lelp ile studcnts to
asscss thciv own !cvc! oI undcvstanding apaii fiom
hc!ping thciv Ivicnds to bcttcv undcvstand ile
concepi and conieni of ile lesson.
Tle timc uscd foi ile ieacling of concepis and
conienis and ile iime used foi FA aciiviiies weie
adjusied in accoidance io ile lengil of iime
avai!ab!c Iov thc !csson.
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ulscusslons
Tle FA piaciices of boil Teaclei weie in accoidance
wiil good piaciices of FA suggesied by expeiis in ile
field. Howevei, ileie aie siill iooms foi
impiovemenis.
Even if ile objeciives aie noi oveiily siaied, ile
siudenis musi be able io figuie oui ilese objeciives
iliougl ile leaining aciiviiies conducied.
Even ilougl uiilized ile pie-assessmeni aciiviiies,
ile poieniial of ile siiaiegy was noi fully exploiied.
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ulscusslons
Tleie was noi enougl vaiieiy in ieims of ile cogniiive
level iequiiemeni io answei ile quesiions and iasls given.
Boil Teaclei did noi piovide individual siudenis wiil
enougl oppoiiuniiies io piovide feedbacl on ile iasls
iley lad compleied and only eliciied answeis fiom ile
class as a wlole insiead of individual siudenis.
Effeciive communicaiion - boil ieaclei could piobably
lave speni moie iime on ilis siage io ieally be suie of ile
siudenis' ieal pioblem and undeisianding.
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Concluslon
Teacleis need ile necessaiy slills and
fuiilei awaieness and undeisianding in
oidei io implemeni FA aciiviiies effeciively
in ileii T8L piocess.
Effoiis musi be undeiialen io ensuie ilai
ieacleis aie piopeily educaied of ile
piopei concepi of FA and iis
implemeniaiion in ile classioom.
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Concluslon
SigniIicant oI this study :
Coniiibuied significanily io ile liieiaiuie of FA
especially in Malaysia wleie sucl maieiials aie
uigenily needed.
Significanily piovided a iiue piciuie of ile
impoiiance and implemeniaiion of FA in ile
classioom and low FA can easily be iniegiaied as paii
of ile T8L piocess.
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