NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 8 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Overcast, Shawn; Schmidt, Therese; Lei, Kimfong; Rodgers, Carrie; Chung, Nigel A. – Performance Improvement, 2009
One corporate university makes measurement a priority by dedicating resources and assigning responsibilities to a centralized analytics function: the assessment, measurement, and evaluation team. As more measurement became a focus for learning and business leaders alike, the more the team became motivated to take a critical look at how it was…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, School Business Relationship, Industrial Training, Corporate Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Kyllonen, Patrick C.; Walters, Alyssa M.; Kaufman, James C. – ETS Research Report Series, 2011
This report reviews the literature on noncognitive and other background predictors (e.g., personality, attitudes, and interests) as it pertains to graduate education. The first section reviews measures typically used in studies of graduate school outcomes, such as attrition and time to degree. A review of qualities faculty members and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Characteristics, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Gayol, Yolanda – Indian Journal of Open Learning, 2000
This study presents a model to explore the design of international virtual graduate programs, grounded in the theory of distance education. Results provide initial evidence suggesting that this new instrument can be useful to assess the quality of educational design in distance education. (Contains 67 references.) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Study, Instructional Design
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Zahner, Jane – TechTrends, 2002
Examines the relationship between online professional development, knowledge management, and electronic learning based on an online discussion in a graduate course in instructional technology. Discusses changing definitions of professional development and how it is now being evaluated through measures of school and student improvement. (LRW)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Improvement, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Feletti, Grahame; Ryan, Greg – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1994
The Triple Jump, a procedure for assessing students' problem-based learning, is applied to assessment of inquiry-based learning in a graduate course. Results suggest the need for more research into interrater reliability and other characteristics of the exercise. Some simple strategies for making the instrument cost effective are offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Independent Study
de Bertoni, Alicia L.; And Others – 1982
In accordance with a Ministerial Resolution of the Argentine Republic, a tertiary level teaching institute was authorized to offer a post-graduate course for teachers entitled, "Interpersonal Relationships at School." The possibilities of didactic games are examined as an expression of a formative continuous evaluation which stimulates…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Evaluation Methods
Powers, Susan M.; Davis, Michaeleen; Torrence, Eileen – 1998
This pilot study was conducted in order to determine whether a virtual classroom can be assessed, and whether it can be done using already proven techniques for classroom environment assessment. Study participants were 20 graduate students in education enrolled in three different courses offered at a distance via the World Wide Web. Each of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Moran, Joseph J. – 2001
This book, which is intended for adult educators and human resource developers, presents guidelines for assessing adult learning. The following are among the topics covered in the book's eight chapters: (1) basic principles of informal assessment (relationship between learning and assessment activities; sequencing learning and assessment…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning