How do university students live assessment in the Pre-service Teacher Education?

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to determine how university students live assessment processes experienced throughout all their university years. The study was carried out in the Pre-service Teacher Education, particularly in the fourth year of the degree of Master in Early Childhood Education, with a sample of 86 students. The methodology used was in-depth interviews, focus groups and informal interviews. Results indicate that most of the students seems not to know who is doing a formative and shared assessment, have great concern with these processes, don't understand many of the assessment instruments used and seems to found no relationship between these processes and their teaching skills. PU - UNIV VALENCIA, SERVICIO PUBLICACIONS PI - VALENCIA PA - ARTS GRAFIQUES, 13, VALENCIA, 46010, SPAIN