Factors Influencing Assessment Practices among University Academic Staff: A Multiple Regression Analysis
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Date
2014
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Mevlana International Journal of Education (MIJE)
Abstract
This study investigated the factors influencing assessment practices
among academic staff in universities, in Uganda. Academic levels, type
of the university, specialisation, class size, and assessment-based training
were hypothesised as factors influencing the university academic staff’s
assessment practices. A purely quantitative approach was adopted to
collect and analyse data for this study. An Assessment Practice Inventory
Modified scale was used to collect data from 321 university academic
staff considering their categorisations. Using multiple regression analysis,
out of the five predictors included in the model academic levels and
assessment-based training were found to be significant predictors of the
university academic staff’s assessment practices; (F [2, 310] = 46.331, p
< .001). According to the results revealed in this study, it is
recommended that universities should ensure that their academic staff
rise in academic levels and also, they should provide them with
assessment-based training to improve their competencies and skills in
assessing students.
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Assessment practices, University academic staff, Multiple regression analysis
Citation
Matovu, M., & Zubairi, A. M. (2014). Factors influencing assessment practices among university academic staff: A multiple regression analysis. Mevlana International Journal of Education (MIJE).http://dx.doi.org/10.13054/mije.13.57.4.1