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What Can the Realization Tree Assessment Tool Reveal about Explorative Classroom Discussions?
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Weingarden, Merav; Heyd-Metzuyanim, Einat – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2023
One of the challenges of understanding the complexity of so-called reform mathematics instruction lies in the observational tools used to capture it. This article introduces a unique tool, drawing from commognitive theory, for describing classroom discussions. The Realization Tree Assessment tool provides an image of a classroom discussion,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Classroom Communication, Algebra, Task Analysis
Academic Perceptions of Higher Education Assessment Processes in Neoliberal Academia
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Raaper, Rille – Critical Studies in Education, 2016
Neoliberal higher education reforms in relation to quality assurance, managerialist practices, accountability and performativity are receiving increasing attention and criticism. In this article, I will address student assessment as part of the technologies that increasingly govern academics and their work in universities. I will draw on…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Educational Change, Higher Education, Power Structure
Race and Assessment Practice in South Africa: Understanding Black Academic Experience
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Jawitz, Jeff – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2012
Despite efforts to transform the racialised system of higher education in South Africa inherited from apartheid, there has been little research published that interrogates the relationship between race and the experience of academic staff within the South African higher education environment. Drawing on critical discourse analysis and critical…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Racial Segregation, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
Student Engagement in Urban Schools: Beyond Neoliberal Discourses. Issues in the Research, Theory, Policy, and Practice of Urban Education
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McMahon, Brenda J., Ed.; Portelli, John P., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
The focus of this book extends the discourse on student engagement beyond prescriptive definitions and includes substantive ethical and political issues relating to this concept. As such, this collection includes voices of educational theorists, practitioners, and students. It provides a counter discourse to the current dialogue on student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Urban Schools, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Exploring the Discourses around "Creativity" and "Critical Thinking" in a South African Creative Arts Curriculum
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Belluigi, Dina Zoe – Studies in Higher Education, 2009
Using critical discourse analysis to analyse the formative assessment method of a fine art studio practice curriculum, the author explores the espoused claim that "both" creativity and critical thinking are encouraged. Despite the prevalence of these often used terms, assessment practices and feedback were found to unwittingly encourage…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Creativity, Formative Evaluation, Discourse Analysis
Revista Investigacion Educativa, 1992-1995.
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Revista Investigacion Educativa, 1995
This document consists of the eight issues of the series "Revista Investigacion Educativa" published during the 4-year period 1992-1995. This review of educational investigation seeks to promote the exchange of information about empirical research in education. It is published semiannually, and includes reports of both quantitative and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Articulation (Education), Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques