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Documenting Student Connectivity and Use of Digital Annotation Devices in Virginia Commonwealth University Connected Courses: An Assessment Toolkit for Digital Pedagogies in Higher Education
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Gogia, Laura Park – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is implementing a large scale exploration of digital pedagogies, including connected learning and open education, in an effort to promote digital fluency and integrative thinking among students. The purpose of this study was to develop a classroom assessment toolkit for faculty who wish to document student…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technological Literacy, Evaluation Methods
The Effects of Implementing Bloom's Taxonomy and Utilizing the Virginia Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework to Develop Mathematics Lessons for Elementary Students
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Hawks, Kristel W. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine if teachers who developed lessons based on Bloom's Taxonomy and the "Virginia Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework" saw increased scores on the mathematics benchmark assessment for fourth grade. Two classes taught by different mathematics teachers participated. The mean of the posttest…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Experimental Groups, Statistical Analysis, Scores
The Privatization of Special Education
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McKinney, Judith A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study, The Privatization of Special Education, addresses a shift in the provision of special education and related services to students with disabilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Students with disabilities are being publicly placed in private day and residential schools at public expense. In Virginia, 125 private schools are licensed…
Descriptors: Private Education, Privatization, Special Education, Disabilities
The Effects of Using Bloom's Taxonomy to Align Reading Instruction with the Virginia Standards of Learning Framework for English
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Crews, Charla Faulkner – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the effects of aligning the "Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL)" English Framework with Bloom's Taxonomy on student achievement. Changes prompted by "No Child Left Behind" legislation increased accountability for student success, as well as mandated testing to determine annual academic growth of all…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement