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Yu-Sheng Su; Xiao Wang; Li Zhao – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Research Purpose and Contribution: The study aimed to construct an evaluation framework for assessing pupils' computational thinking (CT) during classroom learning problem solving. As a self-report evaluation scale for pupils, this evaluation framework further enriched the CT assessment instruments for pupils and provided a specialized instrument…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Emre Zengin; Yasemin Karal – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2024
This study was carried out to develop a test to assess algorithmic thinking skills. To this end, the twelve steps suggested by Downing (2006) were adopted. Throughout the test development, 24 middle school sixth-grade students and eight experts in different areas took part as needed in the tasks on the project. The test was given to 252 students…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Algorithms, Thinking Skills, Evaluation Methods
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Çifci, Musa; Kaplan, Kadir – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
This study aimed to develop "Caricature Creation Rubric" which can be used to evaluate the products produced by 6th grade students at the end of their caricature creation process and to make its validity and reliability studies. The criteria in the graded key were determined by using the "Caricature Literacy Module" prepared by…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Scoring Rubrics, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
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Seraji, Farhad; Ansari, Saied; Chosarih, Muhammad Reza Yousefzadeh – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Increasing children's access to media has attached greater significance to media literacy education, the content and methods of which have changed with media development. This study aimed to investigate the effects of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) method on media literacy competencies in elementary students. To this end, 95 female sixth-grade…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Communities of Practice, Elementary School Students, Literacy Education
Daniel Rodriguez-Segura; Beth E. Schueler – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
School closures induced by COVID-19 placed heightened emphasis on alternative ways to measure student learning besides in-person exams. We leverage the administration of phone-based assessments (PBAs) measuring numeracy and literacy for primary school children in Kenya, along with in-person standardized tests administered to the same students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Closing, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Buckley-Walker, Kellie; Tognolini, Jim; Lockyer, Lori; Brown, Ian; Caputi, Peter – Australian Journal of Education, 2017
This study aims to assess the validity of the Online Multiliteracy Assessment for students in Years 5 and 6. The Online Multiliteracy Assessment measures students' abilities in making and creating meaning, using a variety of different modes of communication, such as text, audio and video. The study involved selecting two groups of students: the…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Online Systems, Multiple Literacies, Evaluation Methods
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Bailes, Lauren P.; Nandakumar, Ratna – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2020
High-quality measurement tools are critical to school improvement efforts. Education researchers frequently employ surveys in order to assess a host of variables associated with school improvement. This article asserts that Rasch modeling techniques enhance the quality of a measurement tool because they comprise elements of both qualitative and…
Descriptors: Surveys, Evaluation Methods, Item Response Theory, Administrator Role
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Lembke, Erica S.; Allen, Abigail; Cohen, Daniel; Hubbuch, Chris; Landon, Dorothy; Bess, Joy; Bruns, Heather – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2017
Two hundred and two (n = 202) sixth-grade students in social studies were administered a weekly vocabulary-matching curriculum-based measure (CBM) for 35 weeks. Students were also administered the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI), along with the annual state high-stakes test in Communication Arts. CBM scores were analyzed with respect to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Grade 6, Social Studies, Vocabulary Development
Doorey, Nancy; Polikoff, Morgan – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2016
Approximately one-third of American freshmen at two-year and four-year colleges require remedial coursework and over 40 percent of employers rate new hires with a high school diploma as "deficient" in their overall preparation for entry-level jobs. Yet, over the past decade, as these students marched through America's public education…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, State Standards, Test Items, Evaluation Criteria