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organised by Assessment Research Centre of EdUHK
Invited Speakers -
Dr. Hong Sheung CHUI
Dr. Hong Sheung CHUI
President @
Gratia Christian College
Hong Kong
Topic of Presentation:
Assessment, Learning and Academic Achievement
Speaker Bio:
Dr Chui is now serving as the founding President of Gratia Christian College, a self-financing degree-granting College in Hong Kong. He has worked in the Education field as a secondary school principal for 16 years and as the President of Hang Seng School of Commerce (HSSC) for another 16 years. Under his leadership, HSSC maintained a record of having the highest number of grade A’s and top students in the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examinations for 10 consecutive years. He led the restructuring of HSSC to become a degree-granting College, Hang Seng Management College (HSMC), in 2010 and was the founding president of HSMC from 2010 to 2012.
In addition to his leadership roles in secondary schools and tertiary colleges, he has been invited by various universities to take up part-time teaching in training courses for senior teachers, assistant principals and aspiring principals in the last 20 years. His interest in research includes leadership, academic self concept, school effectiveness, staff appraisal and development.
Abstract:
This paper reports a longitudinal research study to explore the relationship among students’ academic self concept, effort in study, performance in internal assessments and achievement in public examinations throughout their two years of study of students in a matriculation school. The school conducted such a study with an aim of informing the learning and teaching effectiveness through analysis of assessment of students’ performance in internal assessments and explore ways of improving students’ learning through analysis of various assessments. To conduct the analysis, the School collected data from students’ examination results in the Hong Kong Secondary Schools Examination prior to joining the School, all the internal examination in F 6 and F 7, and students’ achievement in the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examinations. In addition to the examination results, the academic self concept and effo! rt in study of students as measured by questionnaires are collected in each academic year. Through longitudinal structural equation modeling analysis, a structural model with significant relationship among various factors was established. Analysis of value-added performance of students in internal examinations and public examinations as well as the teaching effect as measured by performance of students taught by each teacher was also conducted. Results of the analyses helps the School to make use of the assessment results to deploy teachers and conduct staff development as well as improving the academic performance of students.
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