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Goodwin, Adam; Chittle, Laura; Dixon, Jess C.; Andrews, David M. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
A multi-disciplinary academic unit at a Canadian university completed an evaluation of course syllabi used in its undergraduate programmes over the previous five years. This paper examines the reasons for the evaluation, the processes employed to collect and analyse the data, and how the results will be incorporated into the next steps of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Course Descriptions
Moll, Rachel; Nielsen, Wendy – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2017
The purpose of this study is to describe the development and validation of a survey that examines science students' social media learning behaviours. Inherent in critiques regarding "digital natives" is a need to better understand what the current generation of learners actually do in their social media practices for…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Student Surveys, Social Media
Brodeur, Pascale; Larose, Simon; Tarabulsy, George; Feng, Bei; Forget-Dubois, Nadine – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2015
Researchers suggest that certain supportive behaviors of mentors could increase the benefits of school-based mentoring for youth. However, the literature contains few validated instruments to measure these behaviors. In our present study, we aimed to construct and validate a tool to measure the supportive behaviors of mentors participating in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Motivation, College Students
Smith, Michelle K.; Jones, Francis H. M.; Gilbert, Sarah L.; Wieman, Carl E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
Instructors and the teaching practices they employ play a critical role in improving student learning in college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. Consequently, there is increasing interest in collecting information on the range and frequency of teaching practices at department-wide and institution-wide scales. To…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Instruction, Teaching Methods
OECD Publishing, 2013
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) has been planned as an ongoing program of assessment. The first cycle of the assessment has involved two "rounds." The first round, which is covered by this report, took place over the period of January 2008-October 2013. The main features of the first cycle of…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Adults, Skills, Test Construction
Shim, Jenna Min – Curriculum Inquiry, 2012
A major goal of this study was to inquire into and gain an understanding of teachers' emotional responses to cultural differences by investigating how teachers handle stories with intercultural themes. The broader goal was to inquire into teachers' emotional lives that though not necessarily visible to them, nonetheless affect what they perceive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Telling, Middle School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Taylor, Hugh – 1979
Various practices of grading, and some of their advantages and disadvantages are discussed. The first chapter presents the purposes and meaning of letter grades, and offers some guidelines: letter grades should reflect academic achievement, rather than affective behavior or personality; they should be closely related to course objectives and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Piquemal, Nathalie; Kouritzin, Sandra – Canadian Journal of Education, 2006
In this article, we have examined how historical events shape the research process, even when research is carefully planned and rigorously executed. Through an examination of our experiences conducting international data collection during a three-year SSHRC funded period in which the War on Terrorism and the War in Iraq began, we suggest that…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Influences, Reliability