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INTRODUCING SELFASSESSMENT FOR EVALUATING LEARNERS IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).14      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).14      Published : Dec 2020

Introducing Self-Assessment for Evaluating Learners in Pakistan

Abstract

    This study deals with the positive backwash effect of self-assessment on Second Language Learners in Pakistan. The hypothesis of this study is self-assessment will positively improve learners' performance. Therefore, small scale experimental research was conducted with fifty undergraduates of a public sector university. They were asked to write essays; those were also assessed by students themselves and also cross-checked by their language teacher. The 'Assessment Rubric of Punjab University for BS-level' was a research tool. Afterwards, all results were statistically analyzed in SPSS, i.e., dependent t-test. The results conclude the improvement in self-assessment to highlight the needs and demands for taking bold steps in traditional evaluation criteria that would ultimately become the cause for students' active participation and self-learning.

    (1) Mahwish Farooq
    Department of English, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Khalid Ahmed
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Sahirish Farooq
    Department of Education, Minhaj University Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Farooq, Mahwish, Khalid Ahmed, and Sahirish Farooq. 2020. "Introducing Self-Assessment for Evaluating Learners in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, V (IV): 120-136 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).14

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    HARVARD : FAROOQ, M., AHMED, K. & FAROOQ, S. 2020. Introducing Self-Assessment for Evaluating Learners in Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, V, 120-136.

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    MHRA : Farooq, Mahwish, Khalid Ahmed, and Sahirish Farooq. 2020. "Introducing Self-Assessment for Evaluating Learners in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, V: 120-136

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    TURABIAN : Farooq, Mahwish, Khalid Ahmed, and Sahirish Farooq. "Introducing Self-Assessment for Evaluating Learners in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. IV (2020): 120-136. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).14