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Hardiman, Mariale; Whitman, Glenn – Independent School, 2014
If you really want to see how innovative a school is, inquire about its thinking and practices regarding assessment. For the students, does the mere thought of assessment trigger stress? Do the teachers rely heavily on high-stakes, multiple-choice, Bell Curve-generating tests? Or do the students seem relaxed and engaged as teachers experiment with…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Brain, Neuropsychology, Student Evaluation
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Taht, Karin; Must, Olev – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2013
We estimated the invariance of educational achievement (EA) and learning attitudes (LA) measures across nations. A multi-group confirmatory factor analysis was used to estimate the invariance of educational achievement and learning attitudes across 55 nations (Programme for International Student Assessment [PISA] 2006 data, N = 354,203). The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Educational Attitudes
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Doppelt, Yaron; Schunn, Christian D. – Learning Environments Research, 2008
Across several decades, educational researchers have investigated the contribution of the learning environment to the attainment of educational goals, such as improving academic achievement and motivation to learn. The term learning environment not only includes physical activities in the classroom (e.g. experiments kits, computers), but also…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Educational Environment, Teaching Methods
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Ljungman, Anders G.; Silen, Charlotte – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2008
The main interest in this article is students' involvement in assessment as a part of growth towards self-directedness in learning. In order to enhance students' development of autonomy in learning, a project involving "older" students as peer examiners for "younger" students was designed and carried out. Students in the sixth semester in a…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Student Evaluation, Learning Motivation, Program Effectiveness
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Shavelson, Richard J.; Young, Donald B.; Ayala, Carlos C.; Brandon, Paul R.; Furtak, Erin Marie; Ruiz-Primo, Maria Araceli; Tomita, Miki K.; Yin, Yue – Applied Measurement in Education, 2008
Assessment of and for learning has occupied center stage in education reform, especially with the advent of the No Child Left Behind Federal legislation. This study examined the formative function of assessment--assessment for learning--recognizing that such assessment needs to be aligned, at least in part, with the summative function of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Formative Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
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Schweinle, Amy; Turner, Julianne C.; Meyer, Debra K. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2008
Cognitive, motivational, and affective characteristics define classroom contexts, yet flow theory (e.g., M. Csikszentmihalyi, 1975) is 1 of only a few theoretical perspectives that interrelate these characteristics. The authors adapted constructs and methods from flow theory to examine the motivational, cognitive, and affective quality of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Psychometrics, Cognitive Ability, Learning Motivation
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Hawk, Thomas F.; Shah, Amit J. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2007
The emergence of numerous learning style models over the past 25 years has brought increasing attention to the idea that students learn in diverse ways and that one approach to teaching does not work for every student or even most students. We have reviewed five learning style instruments (the Kolb Learning Style Indicator, the Gregorc Style…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods