Title:
THE USE OF MODERN ASSESSMENT TOOLS IN ENHANCING LEARNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASSROOMS IN NIGERIA

Authors:
Dorothy Chikaodi Inko-Tariah and Hagar Atisi Amakiri, Nigeria

Abstract:
The 21st-century classroom is child-centered giving the students the responsibility to be active participants in their learning. Evaluation of learning outcomes in this type of classroom should therefore be child-centred through self and peer assessments. This requires the use of modern assessment tools which enhance learning like the rubrics and educational graffiti wall among others. This study investigated the effects of Rubrics and Graffiti walls in enhancing learning among secondary school students in Rivers State, Nigeria. The study adopted a quasiexperimental design with three research questions and three corresponding hypotheses. One hundred and thirty-five students participated in the study. Three (3) arms of Senior Secondary Two, SSIIA, SSIIB and SSIIC were used as experimental groups 1, 2 and control respectively. A pre-test was given to all the groups before the treatments and a post-test was given after the treatments. Data were analyzed using mean scores for the research questions, while one-way ANOVA and ANCOVA were used to test the hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. Results revealed significant differences in the performances of the students in the three groups with more effect from the use of rubrics. Recommendations were made based on the findings.