Assessing students’ learning: Replicating, adapting or transforming practices?
Avaliar a aprendizagem dos estudantes: Reproduzir, adaptar ou transformar práticas?
Maria Assunção Flores, Eusébio André Machado, Palmira Carlos Alves, Diana Aguiar Vieira, Eva Lopes Fernandes, Diana Pereira
Abstract
This paper focuses on teachers’ assessment practices in remote teaching during the pandemic in Portugal. Data were collected through an online survey with 2,369 teachers from all sectors of education. Findings indicate both shifting and fixed attitudes towards assessment practices carried out in remote teaching when compared with face-to-face teaching. Prior experience with distance teaching and mastery of digital tools are key factors in accounting for differences between teachers who adopted a logic of adaptation or a logic of replication. While the findings reveal some positive changes, more needs to be done in regard to ensuring a more consistent transformation through, for instance, appropriate policies regarding teacher education and professional development.
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Este artigo centra-se nas práticas de avaliação dos professores no ensino a distância durante a pandemia em Portugal. Os dados foram recolhidos através de um inquérito online, que contou com a participação de 2.369 docentes de todos os níveis de ensino. Os resultados evidenciam tanto atitudes de mudança como de continuidade relativamente às práticas de avaliação adotadas no ensino a distância, em comparação com o ensino presencial. A experiência prévia com o ensino a distância e o domínio das ferramentas digitais revelam-se fatores determinantes para explicar as diferenças entre os professores que adotaram uma lógica de adaptação e os que seguiram uma lógica de replicação. Embora os dados revelem algumas mudanças positivas, sublinha-se a necessidade de um investimento mais consistente na transformação das práticas, nomeadamente através de políticas adequadas de formação inicial e contínua de professores.
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23/08/2025
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22/04/2026
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