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Inspire, Instruct, or Both? Game-Based Assessment and Support of Creativity
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Seyedahmad Rahimi – ProQuest LLC, 2020
In this study, I investigated the effectiveness of a creativity-support system that I developed in the level editor of a learning game called "Physics Playground" on improving college students' creativity. Moreover, I investigated the validity and reliability of an in-game assessment of creativity to measure students' creativity.…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Creativity, Test Validity, Test Reliability
Teacher Beliefs about Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Identifying and Clarifying Three Constructs
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Schoen, Robert C.; LaVenia, Mark – Cogent Education, 2019
Scholars have long argued that individuals' beliefs influence their behaviors and the decisions they make throughout their lives. Focusing on beliefs as a cognitive construct, the purpose of this study was to identify several key beliefs about mathematics teaching and learning held by practicing elementary mathematics teachers. An iterative…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
Teacher Beliefs about Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Identifying and Clarifying Three Constructs
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Schoen, Robert C.; LaVenia, Mark – Grantee Submission, 2019
Scholars have long argued that individuals' beliefs influence their behaviors and the decisions they make throughout their lives. Focusing on beliefs as a cognitive construct, the purpose of this study was to identify several key beliefs about mathematics teaching and learning held by practicing elementary mathematics teachers. An iterative…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
The Examination of Secondary Teachers' Evaluations in Florida: A Case Study
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Mcmillen, Shelley R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Due to the growing importance of the professional role of teachers, effective evaluation practices are essential to ensuring highly qualified educators. The problem addressed was how Volusia County School teachers in the state of Florida experienced the teacher evaluation process and how that impacted the effectiveness of instructional practices…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Case Studies, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods
Preschool Teachers' Attitudes and Beliefs toward Science: Development and Validation of a Questionnaire
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Maier, Michelle F.; Greenfield, Daryl B.; Bulotsky-Shearer, Rebecca – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The goal of the current study was to develop and validate a self-report questionnaire of preschool teachers' attitudes and beliefs toward science. In preparation for the current study, the research team developed the Preschool Teachers' Attitudes and Beliefs toward Science Questionnaire (P-TABS). The sample consists of 507 teachers: 98% female,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Young Children, Questionnaires, Preschool Teachers
The Development of Rubrics to Measure Undergraduate Students' Global Awareness and Global Perspective: A Validity Study
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Doscher, Stephanie Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Higher education institutions across the United States have developed global learning initiatives to support student achievement of global awareness and global perspective, but assessment options for these outcomes are extremely limited. A review of research for a global learning initiative at a large, Hispanic-serving, urban, public, research…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Cultural Awareness, Validity, Reliability