OPINIONS OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS ON ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT-EVALUATION METHODS

The aim of the present study is to introduce the tendencies of prospective primary teachersregarding alternative assessment-evaluation methods and to ascertain their opinions on theassessment-evaluation tools applied in primary schools. The interview method, a qualitativeresearch method, was employed in the research and 47 prospective primary teachers have wereinterviewed. In line with the findings of the study; it can be asserted that prospective teachershave emphasized that they want to make process-based evaluations and, that alternativeassessment tools need to be applied more commonly for them to do so. Based on the answers given, the alternative assessment tools which the prospective teachers plan to use are asfollows; portfolios, self-evaluations and projects. Besides, prospective teachers thought thatthe evaluations made in primary schools are more product-based; are far from such skills asinterpretation, synthesis, evaluation. They also thought that skills and individual differences ofstudents are not taken into consideration.