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Leavitt, Lorna Hulstein – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Assessments have been a major topic of concern in the American education for the past several years. With the enactment of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, student assessment has become a high stakes event in all school districts. In the same way that classroom teachers need assessment literacy to make meaningful use of student assessments,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Educational Assessment, Measures (Individuals)
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Gresham, Gina – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2010
Fifty-two exceptional education pre-service teachers getting a K-6 endorsement were involved in this study that investigated the changes in levels of mathematics anxiety before and after a mathematics methods course for education majors. The changes were measured with respect to the use of manipulatives and other activities to make mathematics…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Majors, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
Thompson, Franklin – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine teacher dispositions within an undergraduate and graduate education course aimed at helping students gain a better appreciation for lifelong multicultural education. Education majors (N = 202) from a Midwestern metropolitan university were asked to rate the viability of 13 dispositions as a training and…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Graduate Study, Education Courses, Multicultural Education
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McHatton, Patricia Alvarez; McCray, Erica D. – Action in Teacher Education, 2007
The coupling of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act has placed a large number of students with disabilities into general education settings. The continued trend toward educating students with disabilities in inclusive settings mandates that teachers be prepared to work with all learners. General…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Inclusive Schools, Preservice Teacher Education, Federal Legislation
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Mangrubang, Fred R. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2004
Science Education traditionally has received insufficient attention. As a literature review shows, teacher preparation in science will be best served by improvements in pedagogy and in the content of required undergraduate science courses. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993, 1995) and the National Research Council (1993,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Education Majors, Undergraduate Study, Science Education
Cherry, C. Maurice, Ed.; Bradley, Lee, Ed. – Southern Conference on Language Teaching, 2004
"Dimension" is the annual volume containing the selected, refereed, edited proceedings of each year's conference. On the eve of its 40th anniversary, the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) plans a special series of articles on assessment within the foreign language profession. The 2004 edition of "Dimension"…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Teacher Education Programs, Student Attitudes, Portfolio Assessment