Assessment of UBE Teachers’ Competence and Practice of Measurement of Non-Cognitive Domains in Assessing Upper Basic Students in Bauchi State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study assessed the UBE teachers’ competence and practice of measurement of Non cognitive domains in assessing Upper Basic Students in Bauchi State. Three objectives were drawn which sought to determine the teachers’ level of competence and practice, gender difference in the competence and practice and also difference in the competence and practice relative to teachers’ qualification. An Expost facto research design was adopted and a total of 4584 served as population out of which a sample size of 360 was drawn and used. A researcher-developed instrument was applied on the subjects which proved to have a reliability index of 0.89. T-test and Analysis of variance were used as a inferential statistics for test of hypotheses while means and standard deviation were used as the descriptive statistics to answer research questions. The findings of the study revealed that UBE teachers in Bauchi State have average level of competence and practice of measurement of the non-cognitive domain. It was also found that there was no significant gender difference in UBE Teachers’ competence and practice of measurement of non-cognitive domain. Based on this, it was recommended among others that governments at different levels should organize trainings and retraining of teachers through seminars, conference and workshops.