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Download full textEpstein, Michael; Atkins, Marc; Cullinan, Douglas; Kutash, Krista; Weaver, Robin – What Works Clearinghouse, 2008
This guide is intended to help elementary school educators as well as school and district administrators develop and implement effective prevention and intervention strategies that promote positive student behavior. The guide includes five recommendations and indicates the quality of the evidence that supports them: (1) Identify the specifics of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Intervention, Classroom Environment
Using Multiple Choice Examination Items To Measure Teachers' Content-Specific Pedagogical Knowledge.
Kromrey, Jeffrey D.; Renfrow, Donata D. – 1991
The use of multiple-choice test items measuring content-specific pedagogical knowledge (C-P) as a viable method of increasing the validity of teacher tests is described. The purposes of the paper are to: (1) present examples of multiple-choice test items used for the assessment of C-P and contrast these items with items used for assessing content…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Doye, Peter – 1991
In foreign language testing, as in all testing, validity is the primary criterion for test quality. However plausible the concept of validity, in practice it is not always easy to arrive at congruence between the test situation and the real-life situation the learner is expected to master. Some language educators make authenticity a major…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Pragmatics, Second Language Instruction
Weiping, Wu – 1991
Problems in the testing of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) are examined, focusing on proficiency testing needs and test standardization. Particular attention is paid to listening and reading assessment. The first part of the discussion looks at specific problems with five existing proficiency tests, including such aspects as inadequacy of the…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cultural Context, Language Proficiency, Language Role
Nxumalo, Miriam V. F. – 1983
A study was conducted to determine the most salient elements to be incorporated into a curriculum studies course for students in one of the three 2-year teacher training colleges in Swaziland. The course was developed to acquaint prospective teachers with curriculum objectives, methods, and evaluation devices, and to help them to critique some…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Froese, Victor – Canadian Journal of English Language Arts, 1988
Sketches some of the dilemmas in language assessment and presents exemplary practical approaches to assessment in the language arts areas of listening, oral language, reading, and writing. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Holistic Evaluation, Language Arts
Kohonen, Viljo, Ed.; And Others – 1985
A collection of papers on language testing addresses these topics: language tests seen from a communicative viewpoint; microcomputers and testing; productive second language skills; developing teachers' assessment skills; content validity of holistic tests; statistical regression in group conversation tests; reading comprehension; unique…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language)
