Engineering lecturers’ perceptions towards student self- assessment in enhancing undergraduates’ oral presentation skills

• Main Authors: Abdelmadjid, Benraghda, Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2019
• Subjects: AI Indexes (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/26111/1/92.%20Engineering%20lecturers%E2%80%99%20perceptions%20towards%20student%20self-%20assessment.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/26111/2/92.1%20Engineering%20lecturers%E2%80%99%20perceptions%20towards%20student%20self-%20assessment.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/26111/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

In recent years, self-assessment has been increasingly implemented as an alternative method of assessment in tertiary educational contexts. The research described in this paper employed semi-structured interviews as an instrument to evaluate engineering lecturers’ perceptions towards student self-assessment in developing their non-verbal communication skills in technical oral presentations. A sample of 10 engineering lecturers from a technical university participated in the study. Semi-structured interview data revealed that most engineering lecturers viewed student self-assessment positively and they reported on student self-assessment as providing learning values, because the latter viewed student self- assessment as a learning aid. The results further showed that student self-assessment could promote the students’ learning, an increase of students’ willingness to deliver oral presentations, and self-enabling. Therefore, student self-assessment can be a powerful method to increase learning by raising the awareness about the necessity of non-verbal communication skills in delivering technical oral presentations.