Written evaluation and assessment in geography teaching in elementary schools

Abstract

Predmet istraživanja rada je pismeno provjeravanje i ocjenjivanje u nastavi geografije u osnovnim školama. Opisane su prednosti i nedostatci različitih vrsta zadataka s primjerima za uporabu u pismenim ispitima. Analizom provedenih ispita prikazana su učenička postignuća u različitim tipovima i vrstama zadataka, u zadatcima za provjeru geografskih znanja, razvijenosti geografskih vještina i kartografske pismenosti. Učenička postignuća prikazana su i u zadatcima za provjeru činjeničnih, konceptualnih i proceduralnih znanja i prema razinama kognitivnih procesa. Izračunata je korelacija između općeg uspjeha učenika i riješenosti ispita koja je pokazala da je veza snažna. Zaključno je napravljena kvalitativna analiza teških i vrlo teških zadataka s kratkim odgovorom i dopunjavanja te su dane metodičke sugestije za daljnje poučavanje tih sadržaja. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju kako učenici najbolja postignuća ostvaruju u zatvorenom tipu zadataka.The subject of the study is a written evaluation and assessment in geography teaching in elementary schools. The advantages and disadvantages of various types of tasks with examples for use in written examinations are described. By analyzing the exams, the students' achievements are presented in different types of task which verify geographic knowledge, development of geographic skills and cartographic skills. The students' achievements are also presented in factual checking tasks, conceptual and procedural knowledge tasks and tasks arranged to the levels of cognitive processes. The correlation between the students' overall success and the resolution of the exam has shown that the relationship was strong. In conclusion a qualitative analysis of the difficult and very difficult tasks with a short answer and sentence completion was made and methodological suggestions for further study of these contents were given. The research shows that students achieve best result in closed types of tasks