Assessing Students’ Learning: Revisiting Challenges of Secondary Mathematics Teachers in Bicol Region, Philippines
Al Banico Besmonte | Joan Belen Sionicio
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a sudden paradigm shift in education
worldwide. To ensure that education would be undisrupted, many countries, including the Philippines, shifted from the usual face-to-face classes
to distance learning modalities such as modular, online and blended. With
these rapid changes, mathematics teachers were confronted with a lot of
uncertainties. To investigate the challenges they encountered in assessing
their students’ learning during the remote setting, this study used a descriptive research design. Data were gathered through online questionnaires in Google form and informal interviews among 268 secondary mathematics teachers from the different divisions in Bicol Region, Philippines.
Thematic analysis was utilized in the analysis of qualitative data. Results
show challenges in terms of the quality of outputs, materials and resources,
students’ performance and feedback mechanism. On a positive note, they
regarded the pandemic as an opportunity for professional advancement
and pedagogical flexibility.
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