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Design of assessment tasks in grade seven mathematics
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/40390 Design of assessment tasks in grade seven mathematics Onwu, Gilbert O.M. thabomnisi@ananzi.co.za Mnisi, Thabo Moses Assessment Continuous assessment Mathematics taxonomy Evaluation Feedback UCTD Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2013. The study reports on two Grade 7 mathematics teachers’ assessment practices in an attempt to identify the knowledge and competencies that they have and use in designing Grade 7 mathematics tasks and how they provide feedback to the learners. These two Grade 7 mathematics teachers were selected from schools that had consistently good results despite disabling teaching conditions such as large and under–resourced classes. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with the teachers to assess their knowledge and practice of continuous assessment. Classroom observation and analysis of teacher’s portfolio and learners’ exercise books were undertaken to triangulate data on teachers’ practices and interview protocols. A mathematics taxonomy referred to as MATH taxonomy was used as a framework to evaluate teacher mathematics assessment tasks in grade 7 lessons. Classroom observations focused on how the two teachers planned and implemented their Grade 7 mathematics lessons with emphasis on the assessment procedures. The results of the study showed that the two teachers had rudimentary knowledge and understanding of continuous assessment and its practice. Both teachers failed to demonstrate knowledge or ability with any knowledge taxonomy including the MATH taxonomy in designing (or selecting) their mathematics assessment tasks in Grade 7. The mathematics assessment tasks frequently used by the teachers were sourced from the school textbooks, and these were found to be mainly recall-type questions involving routine procedures, and which according to the math taxonomy are classified as low order thinking assessment tasks. Furthermore both teachers presented feedback to their learners in superficial ways that would not necessarily assist the latter to improve in their learning methods and the former in their teaching methods. The education implications of the findings of this study are discussed. gm2014 Science, Mathematics and Technology Education unrestricted 2014-06-26T05:37:14Z 2014-06-26T05:37:14Z 2014-04-10 2013 Dissertation Mnisi, TM 2013, Design of assessment tasks in grade seven mathematics, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40390> E14/4/217/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40390 en © 2013 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Assessment Continuous assessment Mathematics taxonomy Evaluation Feedback UCTD Design of assessment tasks in grade seven mathematics |
| title | Design of assessment tasks in grade seven mathematics |
| title_full | Design of assessment tasks in grade seven mathematics |
| title_fullStr | Design of assessment tasks in grade seven mathematics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of assessment tasks in grade seven mathematics |
| title_short | Design of assessment tasks in grade seven mathematics |
| title_sort | design of assessment tasks in grade seven mathematics |
| topic | Assessment Continuous assessment Mathematics taxonomy Evaluation Feedback UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40390 |