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Group Assessment at First Year and Final Degree Level: A Comparative Evaluation
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Plastow, N.; Spiliotopoulou, G.; Prior, S. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010
Group projects are an established but debated pedagogical technique in higher education. The purpose of this study was to assess the appropriateness of combining individual and group marks in assessment. A mixed method design involving correlational and comparative elements was used. The sample included one cohort of students who completed a group…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Comparative Analysis, Occupational Therapy, Comparative Testing
Student Group Differences in Examination Results and Utilization for Policy and School Development
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Schildkamp, Kim; Rekers-Mombarg, Lyset T. M.; Harms, Truus J. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2012
At the end of secondary education in The Netherlands, students have to pass a final examination, consisting of an internal school-based assessment and an external national assessment. According to the Dutch inspectorate, to ensure the quality of final examinations, the discrepancy between both assessments must be less than 0.5 points (on a scale…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Achievement Gap
Norms and Goals of Appraisal of German Teachers for Students with Learning Disabilities
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Wilbert, Jurgen; Grunke, Matthias – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2010
Although there is an ongoing debate about which achievement feedback is most useful, the majority of researchers agree that social comparisons and a focus on competition are inappropriate for students with learning disabilities and otherwise academically-challenged students. They are highly at-risk to be unfavorably influenced by inappropriate…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Learning Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Special Education
An Assessment of Number Sense among Secondary School Students
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Singh, Parmjit – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2009
This paper reports selected findings from a study of number sense proficiency of students aged 13 to 16 years in a state in Malaysia. A total of 1756 students, from thirteen schools in a state in Malaysia participated in this study. A majority (74.9%) of these students obtained an A grade for their respective year-end school examinations. The…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Numbers
The Effect of Classroom Performance Assessment on EFL Students' Basic and Inferential Reading Skills
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El-Koumy, Abdel Salam Abdel Khalek – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of classroom performance assessment on the EFL students' basic and inferential reading skills. A pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was employed in the study. The subjects of the study consisted of 64 first-year secondary school students in Menouf Secondary School for Boys at Menoufya…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Check Lists
Dynamic Assessment of Intellectually Superior Israeli Children in a Low Socio-Economic Status Community.
Skuy, Mervyn; And Others – Gifted Education International, 1988
In an Israeli community of low socioeconomic status, conventional ability measures and the Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD) were administered to 165 high-achieving intermediate grade students and their classmates. High-achieving students scored higher than classmates on both conventional and LPAD measures but scored higher than the norm…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted, Aptitude Tests