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Towards a Model of the Judgement Processes Involved in Examination Marking
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Crisp, Victoria – Oxford Review of Education, 2010
The judgement processes underpinning examination marking are central to achieving fair assessment but are under-researched. This article draws on existing literature and uses additional analysis of data collected in a previous article "Exploring the nature of examiner thinking during the process of examination marking", to start to piece together…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Examiners, Cognitive Processes, Evaluative Thinking
Training Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders to Be Compliant with an Oral Assessment
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Cuvo, Anthony J.; Godard, Anna; Huckfeldt, Rachel; DeMattei, Ronda – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2010
Little research has been conducted on teaching children with autism spectrum disorders to be compliant with dental procedures. This study evaluated a behavioral package to train children with autism spectrum disorders to be compliant with an 8 component oral assessment. After a dental hygienist performed an assessment pretest, noncompliance on…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Intervention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
The Evolution of Educational Objectives: Bloom's Taxonomy and beyond
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Fallahi, Carolyn R.; LaMonaca, Frank H., Jr. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2009
It is crucial for teachers to communicate effectively about educational objectives to students, colleagues, and others in education. In 1956, Bloom developed a cognitive learning taxonomy to enhance communication between college examiners. The Bloom taxonomy consists of 6 hierarchical levels of learning (knowledge, comprehension, application,…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Learning Strategies, Examiners, Classification
Overlooking the Conceptual Framework
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Leshem, Shosh; Trafford, Vernon – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2007
The conceptual framework is alluded to in most serious texts on research, described in some and fully explained in few. However, examiners of doctoral theses devote considerable attention to exploring its function within social science doctoral vivas. A literature survey explores how the conceptual framework is itself conceptualised and explained.…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Examiners, Social Sciences, Doctoral Dissertations
Tilling the Soil of the European Higher Education Area
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Burnett, John – Educational Action Research, 2007
The Bologna Process presents both opportunities and challenges for teachers in the European area. As tensions surface between different forms of national legislation, accreditation and quality assurance, projects need to be developed that model ways of resolving problems within a European context. Utilising their links and network of contacts…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Quality Control, Cultural Differences, Examiners
Medical School Application Interview Score Has Limited Predictive Validity for Performance on a Fourth Year Clinical Practice Examination
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Basco, William T., Jr.; Lancaster, Carol J.; Gilbert, Gregory E.; Carey, Maura E.; Blue, Amy V. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2008
Background and purpose: Data supporting the predictive validity of the medical school admission interview are mixed. This study tested the hypothesis that the admission interview is predictive of interpersonal interactions between medical students and standardized patients. Method: We determined correlations between admission interview scores and…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Medical Education, Medical Students, Medical Schools