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Olovsson, Tord Göran – Education 3-13, 2015
This paper describes and analyses the assessment process in a Swedish year five classroom, involving pupils aged 11 to 12 years. The paper is based on classroom observations and interviews, which were analysed to explore the assessment process in daily classroom practice, and investigates how the assessment process was understood by pupils and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Research Methodology
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Delice, Ali; Aydin, Emin; Cevik, K. Seda – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2013
The aim of this study is to investigate the questions that are used by teachers. In broader sense the intention is to focus on questions as part of teachers' formal as well as informal assessments. We will mainly concentrate on how students are assessed and how the questions in the assessments are formed and marked. The research is mainly…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Questioning Techniques, Use Studies, Educational Practices
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Rushton, Gregory T.; Lotter, Christine; Singer, Jonathan – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2011
This study investigates the beliefs and practices of seven high school chemistry teachers as a result of their participation in a year-long inquiry professional development (PD) project. An analysis of oral interviews, written reflections, and in-class observations were used to determine the extent to which the PD affected the teachers' beliefs…
Descriptors: Investigations, Chemistry, Science Teachers, Professional Development
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May, Tom – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
This article investigates whether the characteristics of feedback identified by the literature can be found within written assessment records for work and competence-based qualifications. It uses a brief literature review and analysis of the formative feedback within 257 learner portfolios. The characteristics identified by the literature are…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Qualifications, Competency Based Education
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White, C. Stephen; Fox, Rebecca K.; Isenberg, Joan P. – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This study examined how multiple measures can be used to study experienced teachers' learning. The study was conducted in an advanced Master's degree programme, aligned with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in the United States. The programmatic features and key learning experiences found in the programme are described and…
Descriptors: National Standards, Faculty Development, Masters Degrees, Investigations
Mountain, Stephanie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Constant changes in legislation regarding monitoring student achievement levels have led schools to redevelop usage of instructional time in several core subjects. Legislation such as Missouri Senate Bill 319 specifically mandates that the school must intervene if a student is not reading at the appropriate level by grade four. Alternative…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Improvement
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Madaus, Joseph; Rinaldi, Claudia; Bigaj, Stephen; Chafouleas, Sandra M. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2009
Despite the central role of assessment in special education, there is a paucity of current research on instruments and methods used in schools. Special education directors (N = 164) in five northeastern states responded to an electronic survey related to the use of assessment instruments and methods in their districts. Data are presented regarding…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Practices, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
Strayer, George Drayton – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
Educators and laymen have always expressed opinions with respect to the efficiency of our schools. In recent years there has been developed, along with a refinement in the technique of investigation in education, a remarkable public interest in the attempts to evaluate our educational practice. School inquiries, investigations, or surveys have…
Descriptors: Educational History, Efficiency, School Effectiveness, Program Evaluation