Assessment Of Chemistry Laboratory Practical Courses The Case Of Kotebe College Of Teacher Education

The general objective of this slUdy was to investigate and describe the awareness, altiludes andrnpractice of assessment of laboratolY courses in chemistry subject at KeT£. For this end,rndescriptive survey design was employed. Available sampling methods were used f or students,rnlaboratmy assistances and laboratmy manuals. Systematic random sampling was used forrninstructors, laboratmy session observation and sample question papers. The data collected usingrnavailable and systematic random sampling methods was presented numerically in a descriptivernand narrative form. This was followed by the researcher 's analysis and interpretation. Thernfinding of this research suggests that the awareness and allitudes of instructors, laboratmyrnassistances and students regarding assessment of laboratory practical courses was low. Andrnalso, the practice of assessment of laboratory courses in chemistlY subject was in danger. To siternsome, majority of the students (90. 2%) and surprisingly, (10.0.%) of students did not prefer to bernassessed with different assessment techniques and preferred to be assessed after laboratoryrnsession respectively. Majority of instructors and laboratory assistances (80.. 5%) did not give feedrnback for their students. Further more, instructors did not conduct laboratory practicalrnassessment. This was due to lack of instructional materials, work load and number of studentsrnper laboratmy session as reported by both the instructors and the laboratmy assistance.rnTherefore, the assessment system of chemistry laboratory practical courses is in crisis. Therndemands of the 1994 ETP in relation to science curricula will not be met. Thus, science asrnpractical subject or as a means of solving problems needs a drastic change. Therefore, itsrnassessment need concrete effort of those who involved in the education sector. Finally, it alsornrecommended that cuncerned bodies of the college should prepare onjob training on assessmentrnof laboratory practical course and avoid the hindrancefactorsfor implementation of LPA.

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