Egyptian Instructors Survey
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NOTE: Please use the computer mouse to select your answers. You can change your answers at any stage before hitting the submit button at the end. Notice that the computer will prompt you in case you forget any question. Name E-mail Place of Work Position 1.Please identify the degree of your agreement or disagreement with the following issues. Formative assessment tasks in an English writing course should be intended to: 2.Does formative assessment form a formal requirement by the curriculum /institution in your teaching context? 3.Do you think formative assessment should contribute to the final grade of the students? 4.Does it affect the final grade of the students in your situation? 5.If yes, in what percentage? 6.Does any of the following elements affect the final grade too? 7.Do you think instructors find difficulties in selecting the type of tasks to be carried out by the students in writing courses? 8.If yes, explain 9.What are the most common writing tasks instructors generally ask students to do? 10.In average, how many tasks would an instructor ask his/her students to do per course? 11.Do you think this number of tasks is enough? 12. 13.What are the barriers, if any, to increasing frequency of formative assessment in your context? 14.How do you describe the marking load in teaching a writing course? 15.On average, how many essays do you have to mark per task? How would you describe the marking load in one word or so? 17.Do instructors give the tasks back to the students once they mark them? 18.If yes, how long does it generally take to give the tasks back? 19. 20.What kind of feedback they often give students? 21.Does your teaching context encourage giving more tasks for the same students in the same course? 22.Do you think there is frequent communication among colleagues about formative assessment? 23.How do you evaluate current formative assessment practices in your institution with regard to the following aspects: 24.How do you mark the attitudes of the following stakeholders towards formative assessment? 25. 26.Mark your agreement or disagreement with the following: Formative assessment practices are informative to planning the future of: 27.In your opinion, how can we promote positive influence on students’ learning through formative assessment - what should be done to promote this positive washback on students' learning? |