How can Information and Communication Technology (ICT) be Used to Assess Children’s Development in Kindergarten Classrooms? (66122)
Session Chair: Marie-Helene Hebert
Saturday, January 7, 2023 (14:20)
Session: Session 4
Room: 317B
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
Assessment in kindergarten classrooms is not a simple task (Boily, 2008; Perusset, 2008), particularly because of the young age of the children and their limited relationship to the written word. To facilitate the assessment task of teachers, one solution is to use information and communication technology (ICT), which offers a significant opportunity for confirmation of children’s development. Including, interpreting the results of the teacher's observations, identifying children’s strengths, progress, and challenges, and communicating them to various stakeholders, including the children and their parents. It is in this context that we conducted a study to examine how Quebec kindergarten teachers use ICT to assess children’s development. Using an online questionnaire, the responses of 244 teachers were analyzed. The results revealed varying degrees of use among teachers, with participants reporting using ICT "a great deal" (12.7%), "quite a lot" (34.4%), "not very much" (44.7%), and "not at all" (8.2%) to assess children’s development in kindergarten classrooms. The results of this study will highlight the effective use of ICT as well as the leading benefits and barriers to its utilization and teachers’ self-reported competence in its application.
Authors:
Marie-Helene Hebert, TELUQ University, Canada
Monica Boudreau, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
Naomie Fournier Dube, Université de Montréal, Canada
Helene Beaudry, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Marie-Helene Hebert is a Professor in the Department of Education at TELUQ University in Canada
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