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Tracing Computer Assisted Assessment for Learning Capability in Greek Teachers

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The aim of our research study – which is in the context of the ‘Tracing Assessment for learning Capability in Teachers’ (TACT) project – is to track and examine the evolutionary path of a teacher from his/her initial academic training to his/her official appointment as an in-service teacher in terms of assessment literacy, development and construction. A questionnaire was selected as a shared research tool for the study due to its efficacy in accommodating the different educational policies of each involved country in the project. The Greek version of the questionnaire has purposefully included the issue of Computer Assisted Assessment (CAA) as a key strategy with considerable benefits for the learning process. This paper will discuss findings from the pilot phase of the Greek research addressed to 2nd year student teachers as well as 1st year in-service teachers. Their insights provided us with information which indicates the necessity for the application of specific assessment training courses in order to accomplish an efficient trajectory for implementing assessment to mediate learning successfully.

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  1. University of Athens, National and Kapodistrian, Zografou, Greece

    Zacharoula Smyrnaiou

  2. Department for Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Kathrin Otrel-Cass

  3. Educational Technology Lab, School of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, Department of Education, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Room 545 and 540, University Campus, Ilisia, 15784, Athens, Greece

    Evangelia Petropoulou & Eleni Spinou

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Smyrnaiou, Z., Otrel-Cass, K., Petropoulou, E., Spinou, E. (2016). Tracing Computer Assisted Assessment for Learning Capability in Greek Teachers. In: Riopel, M., Smyrnaiou, Z. (eds) New Developments in Science and Technology Education. Innovations in Science Education and Technology, vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22933-1_3

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