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Qualitative Analysis of Using Self-Assessment for EFL Students

EFL 학생들의 자기평가 도구의 활용에 관한 질적 분석

  • Received : 2015.11.02
  • Accepted : 2015.11.16
  • Published : 2016.04.28
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Abstract

Achieving a certain degree of objectivity is one of main assessment priniciples to meet and self-assessment has been under-used as a formal instrument for assessing students' achievement due to lack of objectivity. Now, this research attempted to look into how students perceived self-assessment and how they engaged in the assessment process. Self-assessments and in-depth interviews with students were collected as main data sources. The results of data analysis are as follows. First, a student' perceptions of self-assessment have been observed to change over a course of a semester. Furthermore, changes in perceptions might have led students to get ownership of their learning. Conclusively, this research proposes that the research of self-assessment be accommodated into the socio-cultural context to demonstrate its desirable influence on students' learning.

평가도구가 갖는 객관성은 평가의 주요 원칙 중의 하나이다. 그러므로 지금껏 자기평가도구는 객관성이 미흡하다는 이유로 공식적인 평가도구로 사용되지 못하였다. 본 연구에서는 우리나라의 대학생들이 영어 강좌를 수강하는 과정에서 자기평가도구의 사용에 대하여 어떻게 인식해 나가며, 또한 평가과정에 직접 참여하는 과정에서 스스로의 성취에 대한 평가를 어떠한 시각으로 바라보게 되는지에 대하여 양 질적으로 조사, 분석해보고자 하였다. 연구 자료로서는 학생의 자기평가지와 심층면담방법을 활용하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻을 수 있었다. 첫째, 자기평가에 대한 인식의 변화는 소규모 활동을 진행하면서 긍정적으로 되어 갔으며, 또한 자기평가라는 기제는 학생들이 그룹 활동에 적극적으로 참여하도록 유도하는 장치로써 작용하고 있음을 발견할 수 있었다. 결론적으로 자기평가의 가치를 타당하게 이해하기 위해서는 자기평가 연구가 교실 현장의 사회문화적인 맥락에서 이루어져야함을 제안하고 있다.

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