Examination of the Classroom Assessment and Evaluation Process of Visually Impaired University Students

The aim of this research is to examine the classroom assessment and evaluation process of visually impaired students studying in various faculties and departments of university in Ankara during the 2015/2016 academic year based on the students’ and instructors’ opinions. The research was designed as a qualitative research and a descriptive phenomenology study. Snowball sampling was used in the formation of the study group. The study group consisted of 17 visually impaired students and 3 instructors. The research data was collected by the semi-structured interview forms prepared by the researchers. Descriptive analysis method was used for data analysis. According to the findings of the research, students have difficulties in terms of time, implementation, questions and materials in the assessment and evaluation process. Students have various expectations from the instructors and university management. It can be concluded that the students have difficulties in the measurement and evaluation processes and these difficulties differ according to the students vision levels. In addition, these students should not be treated as typically developing students and the precautions to remove difficulties should be taken in the assessment and evaluation processes in order to show the real success of students.