The Bezel of practice of geography teachers in the preparatory stage, strategies for alternative assessment and the difficulties of using them

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal the Bezel of practice of alternative assessment strategies by geography teachers in the preparatory stage and the difficulties of using them. They are: performance dependence, achievement files, self-review, peers, communication, verbal assessment concept maps, and the second, consisting of (21) items, to measure their difficulties in using them. The questionnaire was applied to a sample consisting of (55) male and female teachers, who were randomly selected from male and female middle school teachers in Dhi Qar governorate during the academic year 2021/2222.The results of the study showed the following: The degree of practice of alternative assessment strategies by geography teachers in the middle stage is high. There are no statistically significant differences at the significance level (a > 0.05). In the averages of the degree of practice of geography teachers in the preparatory stage of alternative assessment strategies in the seven dimensions of the study, according to the gender variable - E. The most prominent difficulties in using subject teachers Geographical alternative evaluation strategies (training programs are useless and routinely) Keywords: (the degree of practice, geographic teachers, alternative evaluation strategies, difficulties in using).In light of this, the researcher reached a number of recommendations, the most important of which are: 1- Preparing a special program to follow up on the implementation of alternative assessment methods by school administrations and educational supervisors for teachers, 2- Providing financial allocations that contribute to the implementation of these strategies 3- Providing motivation and encouragement to teachers not to insist on Following the traditional methods of evaluation, and the need to pay attention to recent changes in evaluation methods, represented by alternative evaluation