Impact of education on self-concept learning and development components assessed as a third-year mathematics students

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of training the components of “assessment as learning” on the self-concept and mathematic academic achievement of the third grade students in Arak guidance schools. A sample of 67 students (including 2 classes), selected through multi-phase random selection, was assigned to both experimental and control groups. An Ahlovalia self-concept pretest was administered to both groups and the scores of mathematics from formative assessment during the first 45 days of the semester were considered as pretest scores. Then, the experimental group attended training the components of “assessment as learning” for 12 sessions, but the control group received no treatment. Finally, both groups were administered Ahlovalia self-concept post-test and the scores of mathematics from formative assessment during the three months training the components of “assessment as learning” were considered as post-test scores mathematics. Data analysis through MANOVA showed that the training the components of “assessment as learning” significantly increased the self-concept and the mathematic academic achievement of the subjects at p=0/01 level. Also, training the components of “assessment as learning” had positively affected all sub-scale related to self-concept except the behavior subscale.