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Bomna Ko; Phillip Ward; Han Joo Lee; Yaohui He; Kelsey Higginson; Insook Kim – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2025
Developing valid and reliable instruments to assess common content knowledge (CCK) is a prerequisite for determining and improving the content knowledge of preservice teachers (PSTs) and teachers. We report on the development and psychometric analysis of an instrument for assessing PSTs' gymnastics CCK for secondary physical education teaching…
Descriptors: Athletics, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Test Validity
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Tingting Yin; Xiucai Fang – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
Released in 2018, China's Standards of English Language Ability (CSE) set a benchmark for language education and assessment in China, integrating with international standards. This study investigates whether CSE assessment literacy (understanding and applying CSE standards in assessment practice) enhances Language Assessment Literacy (LAL) among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Language Proficiency
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Mellie Green – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2025
In this article, I respond creatively to the recent Australian Government Department of Education Teacher education expert panel [TEEP] report entitled "Strong Beginnings." Released in July 2023 and led by Professor Mark Scott AO, the report outlines problems pertaining to teacher education in Australia. It aims to improve student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Reading Instruction
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Phelps, Geoffrey; Bridgeman, Brent; Yan, Fred; Steinberg, Jonathan; Weren, Barbara; Zhou, Jiawen – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
In this report we provide preliminary evidence on the measurement characteristics for a new type of teaching performance assessment designed to be combined with complementary assessments of teacher content knowledge. The resulting test, which we refer to as the Foundational Assessment of Competencies for Teaching (FACT), is designed for use as…
Descriptors: Teacher Competency Testing, Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Certification
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Kiany, Gholam-Reza; ShayesteFar, Parvaneh; Amoosi, Yasser – International Journal of Language Testing, 2017
Teacher evaluation and certification is a proper approach taken to assess teacher knowledge base and to guarantee that teacher candidates are qualified and have met particular teaching standards. To this end, teacher-education university (i.e., Farhangian University) of Iran recently adopted a teacher evaluation and certification policy,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
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Biktagirova, Gulnara F.; Khitryuk, Vera V. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Inclusive education becomes a social reality and needs to ensure its quality. Preschool age is a sensitive period of the process of personality's socialization and the formation of moral qualities, providing interaction and communication between people pattern, among which are: respect for "otherness", cooperation, support and mutual…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Career Readiness, Inclusion, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Elbarbary, Rafik Said – Journal of Education and Learning, 2015
This study is based on the integrated approach as a concept framework to identify, categorize, and rank a key component of mobile learning core competencies for Egyptian faculty members in higher education. The field investigation framework used four rounds Delphi technique to determine the importance rate of each component of core competencies…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Competency Testing, Electronic Learning
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Sad, Süleyman Nihat – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study aimed to investigate the perceived efficacy and willingness levels of prospective classroom teachers to teach English at the primary level. The study was designed as a baseline descriptive survey, followed by complementary correlational and ex post facto models. Participants were 251 prospective classroom teachers. Data was collected…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), English Instruction
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Sayeski, Kristin L.; Kennedy, Michael J.; de Irala, Sandra; Clinton, Elias; Hamel, Melissa; Thomas, Kristen – Exceptionality, 2015
Researchers have found that teacher preparation programs are not universally preparing teacher candidates in concepts associated with the alphabetic principle. Yet, the majority of students with reading disabilities or who struggle with beginning reading have difficulty with phonology and concepts associated with the alphabetic principle. The…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Concept Teaching, Fundamental Concepts
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Pae, Holly; Freeman, Greta G.; Wash, Pamela D. – AILACTE Journal, 2014
Teacher preparation programs face great challenges in ensuring their graduates are prepared for the demands of today's classrooms. The authors explore how teacher accountability has evolved based upon federal legislation leading to adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Recognizing that future teachers will be held accountable for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, State Standards
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Sedumedi, T. D. T.; Mundalamo, F. J. – Africa Education Review, 2012
Every nation or society prides itself of the quality of its citizenry. Education enlightens citizens to think rationally and to be responsible people. The notion of enlightened citizens through education as an agent for revealing and perpetuating the characteristic of a successful society, is the impetus for most countries to adopt the education…
Descriptors: Practicums, Preservice Teachers, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement
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Gold, Bernadette; Holodynski, Manfred – Educational Assessment, 2015
The current study describes the development and construct validation of a situational judgment test for assessing the strategic knowledge of classroom management in elementary schools. Classroom scenarios and accompanying courses of action were constructed, of which 17 experts confirmed the content validity. A pilot study and a cross-validation…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Schools, Construct Validity, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Lewis, Carrie L. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2015
Both preservice and in-service PK-12 teachers in the United States are expected to create a classroom environment that fosters the creation of digital citizens. However, it is unclear whether or not teacher education programs build this direct instruction, or any other method of introducing students to the International Society for Technology in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Competency Testing
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Tanisli, Dilek; Kose, Nilufer Yavuzsoy – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
The aim of this study was to evaluate preservice primary mathematics teachers' ability to discuss and investigate students' thinking process about the concepts of variable, equality and equation, to analyse their ability to predict student difficulties and misconceptions and, in this respect, to present their subject-matter knowledge and possible…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Mathematical Concepts, Algebra
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Harrell, Pamela Esprivalo; Eddy, Colleen McLean – Education Research and Perspectives, 2011
This study examined mathematics teacher content knowledge in terms of policy maker recommendations, college coursework and teacher certification mathematics test scores. Transcript analysis indicated poor alignment of national policy maker recommendations for mathematics teachers and college degrees in mathematics. Teacher certification test…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Certification
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