The examined life: Perspectives of lower primary school students in Hong Kong

The examined life: Perspectives of lower primary school students in Hong Kong

• Carless, David Division of English Language Education, University of Hong Kong
• Lam, Ricky Dept. of English, Hong Kong Institute of Education

Education 3-13, 42(3), 313-329, 2014

Routledge

2014

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QC Primary Education
• A Human Growth & Development
  • AB Cognitive & Language Development, Perceptual & Intellectual Development

Student Perceptions assessment The Power of Tests

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education

Students have a wide experience of being tested, but their perceptions of assessment are comparatively under-explored. This paper illuminates the perspectives on assessment of a sample of lower primary school students in Hong Kong. It uses focus group interviews and draw-a-picture technique to elicit their views. The main findings are that assessment can bring a sense of satisfaction or happiness, but that more than half of the informants indicated that they had negative feelings in relation to testing. The paper reinforces how students are controlled and moulded by their assessment experience, and its significance lies principally in documenting this phenomenon amongst lower primary school learners.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 03004279

• 10.1080/03004279.2012.689988

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/7aae49f8

2014-10-22