This paper reports on a systematic literature review to understand better methodologies and data collection tools used to judge student teaching effectiveness, ways in which validity and reliability are considered, the processes involved in assessing new teaching effectiveness within teacher education programmes, and how evaluation and results are…

This study is a content analysis of action research articles in the field of education which were published in Turkish journals and indexed by SSCI and ULAKBIM databases. Therefore, 80 articles were examined. The data was collected through a form developed by the researchers. The articles were analyzed according to the theme and code list provided…

The growing importance of genomics and bioinformatics methods and paradigms in biology has been accompanied by an explosion of new curricula and pedagogies. An important question to ask about these educational innovations is whether they are having a meaningful impact on students' knowledge, attitudes, or skills. Although assessments are…

Background: This report continues in the lineage of reviews of research in educational leadership and management by examining methodological approaches used by doctoral researchers in studying principal instructional leadership. Research Design: The article reviews the full set of 130 doctoral dissertations completed over the past three decades…

Examines 12 commercially prepared informal reading inventories and discusses the advantages and disadvantages, as well as the unique features of each. (FL)