EFL Students’ Attitudes toward Authentic and Formative Assessment: The Role of Writing Rubric

Abstract

Abstract-The current trend of teaching English in this century is toward authentic and formative assessment. The present study, therefore, pedagogically raises teachers' awareness of an integration of the writing rubric as an authentic and formative assessment into the EFL writing class in order to create the collaborative and interactive learning atmosphere in learning to write in English. According to the findings, the students showed positive attitudes toward the writing rubric. The role of the writing rubric changed the EFL writing class which was a grammar-based teaching to a six-trait development to improve the students' writing process and products. Through the writing rubric experience, the students' perspective on assessment was positively geared to formative assessment, an assessment that facilitated language learning and development rather than merely evaluated their final products and performance as summative assessment.

The Importance of Writing Scoring Rubrics for Saudi EFL Teachers

“…A further important finding was that the responses to the first open-ended question revealed that EFL teachers viewed WSRs as more beneficial for students. These results are consistent with Gulzar et al (2017), Jeong (2015), Kulprasit (2016), Mahmoudi and Buğra (2020), and Turgut and Kayaoğlu (2015), who found WSRs enabled students to complete projects and improve their writing skills, as well as enhancing self-assessment, peer feedback, and grading procedures.…”

“…Furthermore, Turgut and Kayaoğlu's (2015) study found that rubrics assisted Turkish EFL students in appreciating the criteria of excellent writing. Moreover, Kulprasit (2016) revealed that raising awareness of the positive impact of WSR improved Thai EFL students' attitudes towards rubrics as a practical tool improved their writing proficiency and language production. Recently, a considerable degree of literature has examined the Saudi context.…”

“…The researchers initially devised a questionnaire as the primary research instrument comprised of four sections, based on previous literature (Aldukhayel, 2017;Kulprasit, 2016;Qasim & Qasim, 2015). The first section covered demographic information to describe the research sample.…”

Implementation of Authentic Assessment Curriculum 2013 of Mandarin Language in SMK Prapanca 2 Surabaya

“…The results of this study are supported by research by Wolf and Ellen Stevan [7], which states that rubrics are used in assessing student products and performances so that teachers can use them in carrying out the next material learning. In line with Kulprasit's research [8], the results of the study found that students showed positive attitudes in writing rubrics, through the experience of writing rubrics with students' perspectives in positive impact assessment and directed towards formative assessment. In the assessment of knowledge, the teacher used written, oral, and assignment tests.…”

Pengelolaan Penilaian Autentik Kurikulum 2013 Mata Pelajaran Matematika di SMA

“…Penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Kulprasit (2016) Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa siswa menunjukkan sikap positif dalam penulisan rubric, melalui pengalaman menulis rubric perspektif siswa dalam penilaian berdampak positif dan diarahkan untuk penilaian formative Hasil observasi yang dilakukan di SMA Negeri 2 Sukoharjo menunjukan bahwa dalam sebuah pelaksanaan penilaian guru sudah melakukan sesuai dengan pedoman penilaian kurikulum 2013. Dalam penilaian afektif terkait sikap spiritual dan sikap sosial guru menggunakan teknik observasi dan jurnal.…”