A survey of teachers' problems and needs concerning measurement and evaluation of students' proficiency in English at the upper secondary level in educational region 7
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Issued Date
1990
Copyright Date
1990
Resource Type
Language
eng
File Type
application/pdf
No. of Pages/File Size
viii, 89 leaves : ill.
Access Rights
open access
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ผลงานนี้เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล ขอสงวนไว้สำหรับเพื่อการศึกษาเท่านั้น ต้องอ้างอิงแหล่งที่มา ห้ามดัดแปลงเนื้อหา และห้ามนำไปใช้เพื่อการค้า
Rights Holder(s)
Mahidol University
Bibliographic Citation
Thesis (M.A. (Linguistics))--Mahidol University, 1990
Suggested Citation
Krongkarn Bangnarong A survey of teachers' problems and needs concerning measurement and evaluation of students' proficiency in English at the upper secondary level in educational region 7. Thesis (M.A. (Linguistics))--Mahidol University, 1990. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/103308
Title
A survey of teachers' problems and needs concerning measurement and evaluation of students' proficiency in English at the upper secondary level in educational region 7
Alternative Title(s)
การสำรวจปัญหาและความจำเป็นเกี่ยวกับการวัดและประเมินผลของครูภาษาอังกฤษระดับมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลายในเขตการศึกษา 7
Author(s)
Abstract
This study was the investigation of English teachers problems and needs concerning measurement and evaluation of students proficiency in English. The instruments uses in gathering the data were questionnaires which were sent to 256 English teachers teaching at the upper secondary level in the academic year 1989 - 1990 in educational region 7. The questionnaires returned back were 233 in number representing 91.01% of the target saple. The findings revealed the following. 1. The majority of teachers wer bachelors degree holders with English major About 50% had experiences in study and training in evaluation in English. 2. English teachers used various evaluation techniques especially written tests and oral tests. They based their test writing on learning objectives and mainly measure students ability in using four skills in English. 3. English teachers faced serious problems in test construction test administration test interpretation and remedy. The problems concerning test scoring were perceived not serious. The most serious problems were the shortage of materials and instruments used in evaluation and the lack of resource centres. 4. The comparison of levels of problems encountered by teachers of different backgrounds at a confidence level of <.05 indicated that the levels of problems of teachers who had experiences in study and training in evaluation in English were lower than of those in other groups. Length of time in English teaching and teachers qualification did not significantly affect the levels of any problems. 5. Most of teachers strong needs concerned the cooperation of people and institutions for instance the Ministry of Education teacher-training institutions and authorities to provide them with knowledge of and training in evaluation in English.
Description
Linguistics (Mahidol University 1990)
Degree Name
Master of Science
Degree Level
Master's degree
Degree Department
Faculty of Science
Degree Discipline
Linguistics
Degree Grantor(s)
Mahidol University