NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Integrated Approaches to the Assessment of Internationalization
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Merrill, Martha C.; Kretovics, Mark A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2020
Assessment has become an important aspect of almost every academic or extracurricular program within institutions of higher education in the United States. This article defines internationalization and its related activities while discussing educational outcomes and offering a model for developing assessment strategies for said activities.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Global Approach, Higher Education, Evaluation Methods
The Systemic Approach as an Instrument to Evaluate Higher Education Systems: Opportunities and Challenges
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Aparicio, Juan; Rodríguez, Dorys Yaneth; Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel – Research Evaluation, 2021
This article aims to provide a systemic instrument to evaluate the functioning of higher education systems. Despite systemic instruments have had a strong impact on the management of public policy systems in fields such as health and innovation, higher education has not been widely discussed in applying this type of instrument. Herein lies the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Educational Practices
Competency-Based Policies and Pathways: Lessons from Colorado and Illinois
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Wisdom, Michelle – Achieve, Inc., 2016
Leaders and educators in a select number of states have begun to recognize that the traditional educational system -- in which students move ahead, year after year, as long as they attain minimal proficiency on basic academic standards -- can perpetuate learning gaps for students that grow over time. There is increasing understanding of how the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Policy, State Policy, College Readiness
Complexity Theory--An Approach to Assessment that Can Enhance Learning and--More Generally--Could Transform University Management
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Elton, Lewis – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
The paper discusses the continued relevance of the Humboldtian model of university education and interprets it in terms of the two fundamental concepts of complexity and collegiality. These are then applied to issues of assessment in universities. Beyond issues arising directly from complexity and collegiality, present university failings in…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Higher Education, College Administration, Models
Approaches to Assessment That Enhance Learning in Higher Education
Direct linkDirect link
Hatzipanagos, Stylianos, Ed.; Rochon, Rebecca, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This book addresses the need to diversify mainstream forms of assessment currently used in Higher Education in order to re-establish the focus on the learning process. Making assessment central to student learning is about returning to what current research emphasises: the primary beneficiary of assessment should be the student. To achieve this in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Assessment, Learning, Feedback (Response)
Enhancing Instructional Problem Solving: An Efficient System for Assisting Struggling Learners. Practical Intervention in the Schools Series
Direct linkDirect link
Begeny, John C.; Schulte, Ann C.; Johnson, Kent – Guilford Publications, 2012
This book presents a schoolwide model of instructional support designed to make the most of available time, resources, and personnel--one that is also fully compatible with other problem-solving models, such as response to intervention. The authors provide a comprehensive and cohesive framework for linking assessment and intervention. They show…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Student Evaluation, Reprography