Developing Self Assessment through the Web-Based Learning Environment and its Effect on Knowledge Construction

Abstract In recent years teaching and learning methods and practices have been drastically transformed by rapid developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in many realms. One of the most effective technology-basedpossibilities for imparting education is Web-Based Learning Environment (WBLE). On the other hand, in response to the needs of constructivist approaches to learning and learner, and to improve upon the insufficiency and shortcomings of traditional assessment, new formsof assessments need to be explored in technology-based learning environments. Self assessment can be considered as a qualified form of assessment in the WBLE in order to keep learners active in the learning process. However, many researches have been carried out on self assessment but not in WBLE. So, the main purpose of this study is to develop self assessment in the WBLE that would be as a tool for learning instead, of learning to help learners to construct their knowledge effectively.