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Issues in Field Experience Assessment in Teacher Education in a Standards-Based Context
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Tang, Sylvia Yee Fan – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2008
This paper presents a study that shows the use of professional standards in field experience assessment in initial teacher education. A Professional Development Progress Map was developed in field experience assessment in a teacher education institution in Hong Kong. The study enriches our understanding of the holistic nature of assessing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Field Experience Programs, Academic Standards, Student Evaluation
A New Model for Inquiry: Is the Scientific Method Dead?
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Harwood, William S. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2004
There has been renewed discussion of the scientific method, with many voices arguing that it presents a very limited or even wholly incorrect image of the way science is really done. At the same time, the idea of a scientific method is pervasive. This article identifies the scientific method as a simple model for the process of scientific inquiry.…
Descriptors: Scientific Methodology, Inquiry, Models, Evaluation Research
The Development and Testing of a School Improvement Model
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Leithwood, Kenneth; Jantzi, Doris; McElheron-Hopkins, Charryn – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2006
This multimethod study generated and tested a "best evidence" model of school improvement processes (SIP) capable of improving student achievement. Initially developed through the review of a comprehensive body of previous empirical research, the model was further refined through a 2, 5-year longitudinal study in 10 schools. A quantitative test of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Achievement, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Convergent Thinking