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Brydges, Ryan; Fiume, Andrea; Grierson, Lawrence – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2022
Background: Invention and mastery learning approaches differ in their foundational educational paradigms, proposed mechanisms of learning, and potential impacts on learning outcomes. They also differ in their resource requirements. We explored the relative effects of 'invent and problem-solve, followed by instruction' (PS-I) learning compared to…
Descriptors: Simulation, Futures (of Society), Outcomes of Education, Mastery Learning
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Scotland, James – Arab World English Journal, 2022
Many language teachers employ collaborative learning within their classrooms. However, expectations surrounding the efficacy of working collaboratively need to be empirically verified. This study employed dynamic assessment to investigate whether learners who are situated within an undergraduate Qatari EFL context learn second language grammatical…
Descriptors: Grammar, Teaching Methods, Achievement Gains, Second Language Learning
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Estaji, Masoomeh; Ameri, Amirhamid Forough – Cogent Education, 2020
Dynamic Assessment (DA) is an implicit kind of assessment that most teachers and learners engage in during class time. Although there exists a body of research on the promising effects of DA, the studies have not compared the results across proficiency levels. This study examined the effect of interventionist approach to DA on Iranian English as a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Comparative Analysis
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Bachelor, Jeremy W. – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The objective of this study was to employ a new tool for assessing pragmatic "proficiency" (over "performance") in L2 students and to determine if pragmatic lessons on compliment sequences had a positive impact on L2 Spanish students' intercultural competence. To this end, students at a Midwestern college engaged in live video…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Ng, Andy Ka-Leung; Kiang, Kai-Ming; Cheung, Derek Hang-Cheong – World Journal of Education, 2016
The traditional course-end evaluation for the general education courses at The Chinese University of Hong Kong can gauge student's perception of their attainment of the intended learning outcomes at the end of the course but can hardly reflect the changes of their perception from the beginning to the end. In order to trace the change in students'…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Course Evaluation, Pretests Posttests, Student Surveys
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Bolzani, Daniela; Luppi, Elena – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: While the number of entrepreneurship education programmes offered around the world is on the rise, research into the assessment of entrepreneurship education programmes is still lacking. The purpose of this paper is to take the stance that entrepreneurship education has to focus on a set of transversal competences aimed at teaching…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Program Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Guidelines
Salem, Walaa Abdel Fattah – Online Submission, 2021
The study aim was examining the effect of a program based on Cloud-computing platform on developing assessment strategies for EFL primary school teachers. The study reviewed the literature and previous studies dealing with assessment strategies (self-assessment, peer-assessment, strategic use of Questioning and reflection), professional learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Elementary School Teachers
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Safdari, Maryam; Fathi, Jalil – Cogent Education, 2020
The current study set out to investigate the effect of dynamic assessment (DA) on the speaking accuracy and fluency of pre-intermediate English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. In contrast to static assessment, DA is conceptualized as an interactive approach towards assessment which combines teaching and testing in a unitary instructional…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Student Evaluation
DaCosta, Pedro Tavárez – Online Submission, 2016
This research work consisted in the implementation of a plan in which, by way of treatment, it was possible to improve the levels of assessment competences of the foreign language, of the non-qualified teachers of English of the middle level, Districts 11-01 and 11-02 of the Regional of Education of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic The purpose of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
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Ghahari, Shima; Farokhnia, Farzaneh – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2018
Literature on the learning benefits and interpersonal mechanisms of peer assessment (PA) and teacher assessment (TA) has been inconsistent. As part of a large-scale study, the research reported here has addressed the effect of formative PA on language grammar uptake and complexity, accuracy, and fluency triad scale levels, in comparison both to TA…
Descriptors: Reflection, Formative Evaluation, Peer Evaluation, Grammar
Sanders, Sara – National Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Neglected or Delinquent Children and Youth (NDTAC), 2019
This guide is designed to assist States, agencies, and/or facilities who work with youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk (N or D). The information in the guide will benefit those who are (a) interested in implementing pre-posttests, (b) in the process of identifying an appropriate pre-posttest, or (c) ready to evaluate current testing…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Delinquency, Pretests Posttests, Testing
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Jones, Beata; Leverenz, Carrie – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2017
Antoine de Saint-Exupery said, "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." This article presents a pedagogical approach for framing a digital-identity-enhancing ePortfolio that maximizes student engagement and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Publishing, Technology Uses in Education, Story Telling
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Safari, Mahshad; Koosha, Mansour – English Language Teaching, 2016
Regarding the fundamental role of speaking in language skills, this study intended to investigate the effects of speaking portfolio as an alternative form of assessment for assessing Iranian EFL learners' speaking ability at the intermediate and advanced proficiency levels and also its impact on their attitudes. Accordingly, from the population of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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Mastrantonio, Guido; Dulout, Mariana; González, María Lourdes; Zeinsteger, Pedro – Education Sciences, 2014
Education in food safety is a well-recognized health intervention, which allows the prevention of a wide range of diseases. Among the strategies of control and prevention of foodborne diseases, it is indicated that food safety education has the double advantage of having low costs and high potential effectiveness, as long as it is carried out with…
Descriptors: Food Standards, Food Processing Occupations, Adult Education, Food Service
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von der Embse, Nathaniel P.; Scott, Emma-Catherine; Kilgus, Stephen P. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2015
Multitiered frameworks of service delivery have traditionally underserved students with mental health needs. Whereas research has supported the assessment and intervention of social and academic behavior across tiers, evidence is limited with regard to mental health concerns including internalizing behaviors (e.g., anxiety and depression). In…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Evaluation Methods
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