An investigation into the factors influencing Hong Kong Primary school teachers' e-assessment practices during the COVID-19 lockdowns

An investigation into the factors influencing Hong Kong Primary school teachers' e-assessment practices during the COVID-19 lockdowns

• Zhan, Ying The Education University of Hong Kong

International Conference on Learning and Teaching for Future Readiness 2023(ICLT 2023): “Learning and Teaching in the Eve of Metaverse” (2023: Hong Kong)

• L Educational Measurement & Evaluation
  • LC Academic Achievement Tests

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education

Few studies have explored primary school teachers’ e-assessment practices in conditions of emergency remote teaching caused by the COVID-19 lockdowns. This study explored Hong Kong primary school teachers’ e-assessment practices during the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic from late January to March 2022, when all primary schools were closed and transitioned rapidly to online teaching. 48 teachers from different schools were individually interviewed. The participants reported a variety of e-assessment practices, which were categorised into three types: e-tests/exercises, alternative e-assessments and e-teacher feedback. It was found that participants cautiously approached e-tests for summative purposes but majorly for formative purposes. It was also found that the participants less frequently used alternative e-assessments and tried out e-feedback. The participants’ e-assessment practices were influenced by their own conceptions of the usefulness of e-assessment, others’ attitudes towards its use, and perceived behavioural control. Crises such as pandemics and climate disasters will inevitably disrupt education again in the future. The findings of this study encourage policy makers, researchers and teachers to rethink the purposes and process of e-assessment in primary classrooms, thus sustaining, deepening and focusing on learning in the ‘new normal’. COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to break away from content-heavy summative assessment and to make effective use of technology to enhance formative assessment. Copyright © 2023 ICLT.

Paper presented at International Conference on Learning and Teaching for Future Readiness 2023(ICLT 2023): “Learning and Teaching in the Eve of Metaverse”, Hong Kong, China.

• English

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2023-08-10