PRIMARY TEACHERS’ OPINIONS ABOUT ALTERNATIVE MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES USED IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COURSE

The purpose of this study is to determine the change of primary education teachers’ opinions about the alternative measurement and assessment techniques used by them on science and technology course according to the demographic (gender, professional experience, the graduate school type) variables, their efficacy about using of these techniques by teachers. Furthermore, teachers’ opinions, ideas and feelings about the alternative measurement and assessment techniques in detailed. The study is conducted with 161 primary education teachers who instruct the 4th and 5th grade science and technology course and teach on primary schools of Zonguldak and province of Karadeniz Ereğli in the city center in 2006-2007 academic years.In this study, survey and semi-structured interview form are used. According to the researchresults, teachers’ opinions about the using of alternative measurement and assessmenttechniques showed a significant difference according to the gender and professional experience;no significant difference according to the graduate school type.