OPINIONS OF TURKISH TEACHERS ABOUT MEASUREMENT- ASSESSMENT APPROACH OF RENEWED TURKISH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES

This study aims at finding out the opinions of Turkish teachers about measurement-assessment approach on renewed Turkish Education Programmes. This research was carried out in 2007 fall semester with 20 primary school teachers of Turkish in Artvin city center. In this research, qualitative research methodology has been used. Firstly, a 20-minute interview on new measurement–assessment approach has been applied to two randomly selected Turkish teachers. According to data that were collected from the interviews, a semi-structured interview form has been developed. This interview form has been implemented on 20 teachers of Turkish. The results of study have revealed that teachers of Turkish have positive perceptions about the new measurement–assessment approach. However, the study has revealed that teachers do not apply any new measurement–assessment activities efficiently because of the high cost, insufficient time, insufficient knowledge.