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Greene, Jeffrey A.; Azevedo, Roger A.; Torney-Purta, Judith – Educational Psychologist, 2008
We propose an integration of aspects of several developmental and systems of beliefs models of personal epistemology. Qualitatively different positions, including realism, dogmatism, skepticism, and rationalism, are characterized according to individuals' beliefs across three dimensions in a model of epistemic and ontological cognition. This model…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Statistical Analysis, Psychometrics, Epistemology
Assiter, Alison, Ed.; Shaw, Eileen, Ed. – 1993
This collection of 22 essays examines the use of records of achievement (student profiles or portfolios) in higher and vocational education in the United Kingdom. They include: (1) "Records of Achievement: Background, Definitions, and Uses" (Alison Assiter and Eileen Shaw); (2) "Profiling in Higher Education" (Alison Assiter…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Curriculum, Definitions
Bohlender, Pat; Calhoun, Peggy; Goemer, Phil; Inman, Sondra; Kilgore, Cherryl; McManigal, Lori; Neergaard, Hope; Peppler, Colleen; Wateman, Linda – 2002
This document presents materials and guidelines for evaluating Colorado high school students' attainment of the eight state standards for consumer and family studies that pertain to teen challenges and choices. The materials presented are designed to promote and evaluate students' mastery of the following competencies: (1) examine and demonstrate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Consumer Education