Assessment for learning : supervisory feedback practice in higher education

Assessment for learning is a term used to denote a continuous assessment of student’s progress with accompanying feedback to improve learning. So, this paper aims to investigate the assessment feedback (AFB) practices among supervisors in one of Higher Education (HE) institutions in Malaysia on thre...

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Main Authors: Talib, Rohaya, Md. Supie, Hawa Syamsina, Kamsah, Mohd. Zaki, Abu Naim, Hamimah, Mohd. Yusof, Sanitah
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Published: 2015
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spelling my.utm.634952017-05-30T05:00:39Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/63495/ Assessment for learning : supervisory feedback practice in higher education Talib, Rohaya Md. Supie, Hawa Syamsina Kamsah, Mohd. Zaki Abu Naim, Hamimah Mohd. Yusof, Sanitah L Education (General) Assessment for learning is a term used to denote a continuous assessment of student’s progress with accompanying feedback to improve learning. So, this paper aims to investigate the assessment feedback (AFB) practices among supervisors in one of Higher Education (HE) institutions in Malaysia on three specific dimensions; Timeliness, Meaningfulness and Specificity. It also examined the significant mean difference of perceived Supervisory AFB practices in relation to postgraduate (PG) students’ gender, mode of study (MOS) and field of study (FOS) using cross-sectional survey design. A total of 306 PG students who were currently pursuing their research studies have been selected using multistage cluster sampling technique. A self-developed instrument known as Supervisory Assessment Feedback Questionnaire (reliability index .92) which consisted of 38 items was used to collect the data. Overall result shown that Supervisory AFB practices were at the highest level for Meaningfulness (M=4.35, SD = .69), followed by Timeliness (M=4.35, SD =.69) and finally Specificity (M=3.85, SD= .53). The AFB forms practiced among supervisors resulted in verbal form (M=2.87, SD= .69) higher compared to written (M=2.77, SD= .71) meanwhile the PG students’ preferences were in both. Besides, the supervisory AFB practiced seems to be significantly differed on gender factor. In summary, these results revealed some insight to be considered in order to establish an effective Supervisory AFB practice in Malaysian HE. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/63495/1/RohayaTalib2015_AssessmentforLearningSupervisoryFeedback.pdf Talib, Rohaya and Md. Supie, Hawa Syamsina and Kamsah, Mohd. Zaki and Abu Naim, Hamimah and Mohd. Yusof, Sanitah (2015) Assessment for learning : supervisory feedback practice in higher education. In: 1st International Conference On Educational Studies (ICES-2015), 3-4 June, 2015, Skudai, Johor. http://www.fp.utm.my/ices2015/home.asp
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic L Education (General)
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Talib, Rohaya
Md. Supie, Hawa Syamsina
Kamsah, Mohd. Zaki
Abu Naim, Hamimah
Mohd. Yusof, Sanitah
Assessment for learning : supervisory feedback practice in higher education
description Assessment for learning is a term used to denote a continuous assessment of student’s progress with accompanying feedback to improve learning. So, this paper aims to investigate the assessment feedback (AFB) practices among supervisors in one of Higher Education (HE) institutions in Malaysia on three specific dimensions; Timeliness, Meaningfulness and Specificity. It also examined the significant mean difference of perceived Supervisory AFB practices in relation to postgraduate (PG) students’ gender, mode of study (MOS) and field of study (FOS) using cross-sectional survey design. A total of 306 PG students who were currently pursuing their research studies have been selected using multistage cluster sampling technique. A self-developed instrument known as Supervisory Assessment Feedback Questionnaire (reliability index .92) which consisted of 38 items was used to collect the data. Overall result shown that Supervisory AFB practices were at the highest level for Meaningfulness (M=4.35, SD = .69), followed by Timeliness (M=4.35, SD =.69) and finally Specificity (M=3.85, SD= .53). The AFB forms practiced among supervisors resulted in verbal form (M=2.87, SD= .69) higher compared to written (M=2.77, SD= .71) meanwhile the PG students’ preferences were in both. Besides, the supervisory AFB practiced seems to be significantly differed on gender factor. In summary, these results revealed some insight to be considered in order to establish an effective Supervisory AFB practice in Malaysian HE.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Talib, Rohaya
Md. Supie, Hawa Syamsina
Kamsah, Mohd. Zaki
Abu Naim, Hamimah
Mohd. Yusof, Sanitah
author_facet Talib, Rohaya
Md. Supie, Hawa Syamsina
Kamsah, Mohd. Zaki
Abu Naim, Hamimah
Mohd. Yusof, Sanitah
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title Assessment for learning : supervisory feedback practice in higher education
title_short Assessment for learning : supervisory feedback practice in higher education
title_full Assessment for learning : supervisory feedback practice in higher education
title_fullStr Assessment for learning : supervisory feedback practice in higher education
title_full_unstemmed Assessment for learning : supervisory feedback practice in higher education
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publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/63495/1/RohayaTalib2015_AssessmentforLearningSupervisoryFeedback.pdf
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