Development of a Training Curriculum to Enhance Classroom Assessment Competency of Student Teachers
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This study aimed to 1) develop a training curriculum to enhance classroom assessment competency of student teachers and 2) study the effectiveness of the training curriculum. The sample group consisted of 24 student teachers majoring in primary education at Hubei University of Science and Technology. This study selected them through simple random sampling. The instruments used for collecting data were the research-related literature, the curriculum based on competency development, the lesson plans and instruction materials, the classroom assessment competency questionnaire, the student self-assessment form, and the student satisfaction questionnaire for the curriculum. Analyze data by descriptive statistics and content analysis. The research results were found as follows:
The components of the training curriculum include the principles of the curriculum, the objectives of the curriculum, the contents of the curriculum, teaching strategies, learning media and resources, and the assessment and evaluation. The results of the evaluation of the draft curriculum by experts showed that the mean scores of the curriculum appropriateness evaluation were from 4.4 to 5.00, which were higher than 3.51, which means that the curriculum was appropriate from the high level to the very high level. The Index of Item Objective Consistency (IOC) revealed scores ranging from 0.8 to 1.00, surpassing the criterion of 0.5. This indicates that all the curriculum components exhibit consistency with each other.
The classroom assessment competency of student teachers after implementing the training curriculum was higher than before at the statistical significance level of .05. Student teachers' satisfaction with the curriculum was reflected in their mean scores, indicating high performance levels.
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