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Andrews-Todd, Jessica; Jackson, G. Tanner; Kurzum, Christopher – ETS Research Report Series, 2019
Collaborative problem solving (CPS) is an important 21st-century skill for academic and career success, and as a result, there is increased interest among businesses and educational institutions in the assessment and development of CPS skills. CPS skills are difficult to measure using traditional forms of assessment, and that difficulty has led to…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Cooperation
Andrews-Todd, Jessica; Jackson, G. Tanner; Kurzum, Christopher – Grantee Submission, 2019
Collaborative problem solving (CPS) is an important 21st-century skill for academic and career success, and as a result, there is increased interest among businesses and educational institutions in the assessment and development of CPS skills. CPS skills are difficult to measure using traditional forms of assessment, and that difficulty has led to…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Cooperation
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Wells, Carol; Animashaun, Ikedola; Gibb, Anneliese – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2017
The assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) is employer-led and provides a programme to support and assess newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) working with children and families and adults during their first year of employment. Action learning was brought into Cambridgeshire County Councils ASYE programme as a 12-month pilot from…
Descriptors: Social Work, Experiential Learning, Caseworkers, Program Descriptions
Shute, Valerie J.; Moore, Gregory R.; Wang, Lubin – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2015
We are using stealth assessment, embedded in "Plants vs. Zombies 2," to measure middle-school students' problem solving skills. This project started by developing a problem solving competency model based on a thorough review of the literature. Next, we identified relevant in-game indicators that would provide evidence about students'…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Problem Solving, Educational Games, Bayesian Statistics
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Ignatovich, Vladlen K.; Ignatovich, Svetlana S. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2015
This article seeks to substantiate the need for the prognostic assessment of the degree to which school students are prepared to master new types of activity, which underlie their design of an individual learning route at an appropriate senior stage of learning. The authors discuss the concept of project competence as an integral characteristic of…
Descriptors: Readiness, Competence, Evaluation Methods, Grade 7
Sprague, Jeffrey; Pennefather, Jordan; Marquez, Jessie; Yeaton, Pamela; Marquez, Brion – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
This session will describe the social validity, usability and intent to use of an interactive, state-of-the-art, professional development program based on the Response to Intervention (RtI) approach and its core components (e.g., problem-solving strategy; three tiers of intervention service delivery with universal, selected and intensive…
Descriptors: Validity, Elementary School Teachers, Intention, Usability
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Blair, Marlene – Roeper Review, 1980
The program utilizes the gifted extension model, which is composed of four sections: (1) content, which is divided into the areas of knowledge, skills, and attitudes; (2) process, which consists of decision making, creativity, and cognition; (3) output, in which students learn problem solving skills; and (4) evaluation, in which the gifted student…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Creativity, Curriculum, Decision Making
Wilson, Jeni – 1997
This paper is concerned with the assessability of metacognition, asserting that unless metacognition can be assessed, then it will never be considered a legitimate part of curriculum. The paper focuses on a pilot study conducted with grade-six students in the curriculum domain of mathematics. It reports the results of student questionnaires and…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, Evaluation Methods
Karch, Ed; And Others – 1982
This training program offers skills training in all stages of the development of technologies related to small-scale charcoal production, including the design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and evaluation of prototype kilns. The kiln designs are selected to be as consistent as possible with the realities of rural areas in…
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Developing Nations, Evaluation Methods, Fuels
O'Neil, Harold F., Jr. – 1994
Results of an initial attempt at measuring teamwork processes using computer simulation are presented, focusing on assessing team processes that emerge during the negotiation of a contract. The interaction between team members and how that interaction affects team performance were explored using a computer simulated negotiation. Participants…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Cooperative Learning, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Horton, Jane; Ryba, Ken – Computing Teacher, 1986
This study used the Model for Assessing Learning with Logo (Nolan and Ryba) to examine effects of Logo programming on junior high school students' thinking skills. The model addresses both student acquisition of Logo-related thinking skills and the extent to which they transfer skills to noncomputer problem solving tasks. (MBR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Junior High School Students
Hall, Burnis, Jr.; Barnwell, Eleanor I. – 1979
The primary goal of the project described in this monograph was to develop a competency-based training program for the preparation of school-community council members. A secondary goal was that this training program be generalizable to other educational institutions and agencies that utilize advisory councils. Interviews with 16 school staff and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Citizens Councils, Communication Skills, Community Education
Smith, Louis M. – 1972
The first year of a proposed five year evaluation of the extended pilot trials of CEMREL's Aesthetic Education Program, AEP, is discussed. This program envisions the development of an aesthetic education curriculum for grades K-12 and is an attempt to involve the children in integrated arts experiences - music, drama, dance, art, and literature.…
Descriptors: Art Education, Behavior, Curriculum Development, Data Analysis
Whittaker, Andrea – 1994
This report describes an investigation into how a school moves from a handful of individual teachers dabbling in alternative assessment strategies to full school implementation of an assessment system. The research was conducted at Bay Park Elementary School in the San Diego (California) City School District, a school participating in a pilot…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Community Involvement, Cooperation, Educational Assessment
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers