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Teacher Candidates' Perceptions of Scientists: Images and Attributes
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McCarthy, Deborah – Educational Review, 2015
The masculine image of scientists as elderly men wearing white coats and glasses, working alone in the laboratory has been documented since the 1950s. Because it is important that teacher candidates have a scientifically literate image of scientists due to the impact they have on their future students, this investigation is salient. This study…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Scientists, Scientific Attitudes
Differences in the Educational Software Evaluation Process for Experts and Novice Students
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Tokmak, Hatice Sancar; Incikabi, Lutfi; Yelken, Tugba Yanpar – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
This comparative case study investigated the educational software evaluation processes of both experts and novices in conjunction with a software evaluation checklist. Twenty novice elementary education students, divided into groups of five, and three experts participated. Each novice group and the three experts evaluated educational software…
Descriptors: Observation, Content Analysis, Focus Groups, Case Studies
Multi-Source Evaluation of Interpersonal and Communication Skills of Family Medicine Residents
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Leung, Kai-Kuen; Wang, Wei-Dan; Chen, Yen-Yuan – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2012
There is a lack of information on the use of multi-source evaluation to assess trainees' interpersonal and communication skills in Oriental settings. This study is conducted to assess the reliability and applicability of assessing the interpersonal and communication skills of family medicine residents by patients, peer residents, nurses, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Communication Skills, Patients
Understanding Expertise-Based Training Effects on the Software Evaluation Process of Mathematics Education Teachers
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Incikabi, Lutfi; Sancar Tokmak, Hatice – Educational Media International, 2012
This case study examined the educational software evaluation processes of pre-service teachers who attended either expertise-based training (XBT) or traditional training in conjunction with a Software-Evaluation checklist. Forty-three mathematics teacher candidates and three experts participated in the study. All participants evaluated educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Novices, Check Lists, Mathematics Education
The Quantitative Ethology of the Zebra Finch: A Study in Comparative Psychometrics.
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Figueredo, Aurelio Jose; And Others – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1992
A quantitative ethogram was developed for the zebra finch, using one-zero focal animal sampling on an ethologically comprehensive checklist of 52 behavioral items, and it was assessed for interobserver reliability and construct validity. Applying the quantitative methods of psychometrics allows verification of ethological theory and testing of…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Check Lists, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity
Comparing Checklists and Databases with Physicians' Ratings as Measures of Students' History and Physical-Examination Skills.
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MacRae, Helen M.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1995
A study compared two methods of rating medical students' performances on history and physical examination: using checklists completed by standardized patients (SPs) and databases completed by students. Results of each method were correlated with ratings of students by three physicians for each SP-student encounter. Results showed checklists…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Check Lists, Comparative Analysis, Databases