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The Effect of Formative Assessment on the Academic Achievement Levels of Prospective Teachers
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Hotaman, Davut – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2020
This study aims to examine the effect of "Formative Assessment (FA)" practices in "Assessment and Evaluation in Education" class on the academic achievement levels of prospective teachers. It uses a mixed research design. Quantitative data were collected by using double pretest-posttest design, which is one of the complete…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries
Towards a Model for the Assessment of Student Boredom and Boredom Proneness in the UK Higher Education Context
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Sharp, John G.; Hemmings, Brian; Kay, Russell – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2016
Recently identified as an academic "achievement emotion", boredom has long been implicated as a factor contributing adversely to student attainment across a diverse range of formal educational settings. Despite this, the study of boredom, particularly among students in higher education, remains a relatively neglected and underdeveloped…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Models
Optimism versus Pessimism and Academic Achievement Evaluation
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Harpaz-Itay, Yifat; Kaniel, Shlomo – Gifted Education International, 2012
This article integrates three central theories of optimism-pessimism (OP). The combination of the shared components of these theories--outcome expectancies, emotions, and behavioral intention--may produce an integrative academic achievement evaluation. Little has been written regarding the differentiation between general and domain-specific OP, a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Achievement, Intention, Evaluation Methods
Intolerance of Uncertainty, Fear of Anxiety, and Adolescent Worry
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Dugas, Michel J.; Laugesen, Nina; Bukowski, William M. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
A 5 year, ten wave longitudinal study of 338 adolescents assessed the association between two forms of cognitive vulnerability (intolerance of uncertainty and fear of anxiety) and worry. Multilevel mediational analyses revealed a bidirectional and reciprocal relation between intolerance of uncertainty and worry in which change in one variable…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Etiology
2 x 2 Achievement Goals and Achievement Emotions: A Cluster Analysis of Students' Motivation
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Jang, Leong Yeok; Liu, Woon Chia – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2012
This study sought to better understand the adoption of multiple achievement goals at an intra-individual level, and its links to emotional well-being, learning, and academic achievement. Participants were 480 Secondary Two students (aged between 13 and 14 years) from two coeducational government schools. Hierarchical cluster analysis revealed the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Motivation, Multivariate Analysis
Measurement Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An Evaluation Resource. Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot. Number 6 Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot Measurement Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An Evaluation Resource Number 6 November 2005 Updated August 2008
Wimer, Christopher; Bouffard, Suzanne; Little, Priscilla M.D. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2008
Harvard Family Research Project's (HFRP) series of "Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshots" distills the wealth of information compiled in our Out-of-School Time (OST) Program Research and Evaluation Database into a single report. Each "Snapshot" examines a specific aspect of out-of-school time (OST) evaluation. This "Snapshot" describes…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Evaluation, Measurement Techniques, Program Effectiveness
Measurement Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An Evaluation Resource. Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot. Number 6
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Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard University, 2005
Harvard Family Research Project's series of "Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshots" distills the wealth of information compiled in the Out-of-School Time (OST) Program Evaluation Database into a single report. Each "Snapshot" examines a specific aspect of out-of-school time evaluation. This "Snapshot" describes instruments used by current OST…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, After School Programs, Measurement Techniques, Program Effectiveness
Five Faces of Research on Teaching. Occasional Paper No. 24.
Clark, Christopher M. – 1979
Approaches to educational research are grouped into five major categories. The process-product approach correlates teacher behavior with student achievement. Aptitude-treatment-interaction researchers believe that their research will identify instructional methods that are particularly suitable for students with specific aptitudes. Researchers in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Anthropology, Educational Research