Making Sense of Alternative Assessment in a Qualitative Evaluation System

In a Colombian private English institution, a qualitative evaluation system has been incorporated. This type of evaluation poses challenges to students who have never been evaluated through a system that eliminates exams or quizzes and, as a consequence, these students have to start making sense of...

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Autores:
Rojas Serrano, Javier
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2017
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/66888
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/66888
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/67916/
Palabra clave:
37 Educación / Education
8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
Alternative assessment
qualitative evaluation
quantitative evaluation
evaluación cualitativa
evaluación cuantitativa
métodos alternativos de valoración
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:In a Colombian private English institution, a qualitative evaluation system has been incorporated. This type of evaluation poses challenges to students who have never been evaluated through a system that eliminates exams or quizzes and, as a consequence, these students have to start making sense of it. This study explores the way students face the new qualitative evaluation system and their views on alternative assessment as a way to help them make headway with their English learning process.