An Assessment of the Impact of Instructors’ Knowledge and Attitude Toward the Implementation of Continuous Assessment

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of instructors’ knowledge and attitude toward the implementation of continuous assessment (CA). The study was conducted on a total of 273 instructors. The pertinent data were collected mainly using close-ended questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using quantitative methods such as mean, standard deviation, correlation and regression. The result of the analysis disclosed that although participants have developed sufficient knowledge on some aspects of CA, they were found to have inappropriate view towards other aspects of CA. the finding also shows that the two variables such as awareness and attitude are found to be potential variables that certainly determine instructor’s level of CA implementation. Relatively, knowledge accounted more variation (59.4%) in the total CA practice (y). It can be concluded that positive attitude toward CA and adequate awareness of CA enhances CA practices. Thus, I recommend that meaningful efforts should be made by all concerned bodies of the university so as to bring about the expected interest of instructors and learners towards CA with particular reference to its usefulness to pupils’ learning progress.

Keywords: Continuous Assessment, Instructors, Knowledge, Attitude, Implementation

DOI: 10.7176/JAAS/79-03

Publication date: April 30^th 2022