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Miao, Jing; Cao, Yi – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2019
Portfolio assessment of teaching practice has been used in many states as one indicator to inform licensure decisions, yet the human scoring process is costly for all stakeholders. This paper documents a series of investigations of alternative scoring procedures for a state pre-service teacher performance assessment. The proposed partial double…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Portfolio Assessment, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Omar, M. K. Al-Mahasneh; Mohammad, N. M. Ayasrah; Shima, M. S. Yahyaa; Raed, A. Al-Kriemeen; Ali, S. Al-Swalha – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2020
The present study aimed to identify the favorite methods of teaching and evaluation among students in university colleges. The study adopted a descriptive survey design; self-administered copies of the questionnaire were used to generate data from 1638 students at university colleges, selected by a random sample method. Frequency and percentage…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods, Preferences, College Students
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Huang, Jia-Li – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2015
This paper aims to develop, through a literature analysis, a portrait of the functioning and practice of teacher thinking at government and university levels. Teacher thinking is defined as habits and strategies or the habit of thinking used to collect information, analyze, understand institution, reflect, solve problems, inform decisions,…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Educational Practices, Thinking Skills
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Schneider, Jenifer Jasinski; King, James R.; Kozdras, Deborah; Minick, Vanessa; Welsh, James L. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2012
During a teaching methods field experience, we initiated several processes to facilitate pre-service teachers' reflection, empowerment, and performance as they learned to teach students. Through an ethno-theater presentation and subsequent revisions to an ethno-theater script, we turned the reflective lens on ourselves as we discovered instances…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Theaters, Reflective Teaching
Fiore, Lisa B. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
In an era of standards and norms where assessment tends to minimize or dismiss individual differences and results in punitive outcomes or no action at all, Assessment of Young Children provides teachers with an approach to assessment that is in the best interest of both children and their families. Author Lisa B. Fiore explores a variety of ways…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Student Evaluation, Portfolio Assessment, Observation
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Hori, Tetsuo – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2011
This study examines academic trends in learning and assessment theories based on the OPPA (One Page Portfolio Assessment), which was developed in 2002. The study also clarifies the theoretical framework, teaching practices, application, and effectiveness of the OPPA. The OPPA was developed to solve three teaching and learning challenges: (1) how…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation, Learning Processes
Casey, Catherine; Childs, Ruth – Canadian Journal of Education, 2011
This study investigated the relationship between commonly used admission criteria, found in a one-year, post Bachelor's degree, initial, teacher education program, and the preparedness of teacher candidates in mathematics for independent teaching. The admission criteria used in this study were grade point average (GPA) and a written profile. The…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Teacher Education Programs, Grade Point Average, Admission Criteria
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MacMath, Sheryl; Wallace, John; Chi, Xiaohong – McGill Journal of Education, 2009
Curriculum integration, focusing on multidisciplinary tasks/projects relevant to the real-world, lends itself to authentic assessment practices. However, attempting to incorporate assessment "of", "for", and "as" learning can be challenging. Using data from two mixed method case studies (n=52, n=27) which tracked middle school student learning…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Curriculum Development, Performance Based Assessment, Educational Change
van Es, Elizabeth A.; Conroy, Judi – Issues in Teacher Education, 2009
This study aims to begin to uncover the detailed ways that pre-service elementary teachers examine and understand mathematics teaching, the grain size at which they do so, and what constitutes evidence of teaching mathematics for understanding for pre-service mathematics teachers. Thus, the central research questions for this study are: (a) What…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Performance Based Assessment, Program Effectiveness
Coggshall, Jane; Max, Jeffrey; Bassett, Katherine – National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, 2008
Performance-based assessment of teachers includes a class of measurement methods designed to assess the quality of teacher performance on one or two important aspects of teaching. It may include portfolios, structured observations, video records of practice, and teacher work samples. Performance-based assessment can be contrasted with assessments…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Teaching Methods, Video Technology, Teacher Effectiveness
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Moss, Glenda – Teacher Education and Practice, 2008
This article addresses the dilemma of promoting critical pedagogy within portfolio assessment, which has been implemented in many teacher education programs to meet state and national mandates for performance-based assessment. It explores how one teacher educator works to move portfolio assessment to a level of critical self-reflection that…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Critical Theory, Teacher Education Programs, Portfolio Assessment
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Fredrick, Tim – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Portfolio assessment is a popular form of authentic assessment, but often portfolios become simply folders full of papers rather than student reflections on their work. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: The author conducted a study aiming to help the ninth-grade students in his English language arts classroom…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Performance Based Assessment, Program Effectiveness
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Wray, Susan – E-Learning, 2007
In recent years, there has been a movement in the USA towards performance-based evaluation of teachers. As a result, many schools, colleges, and departments of education have moved towards integrating performance-based approaches into their programs. This has involved many promising practices, but none have caught on more than the use of teaching…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Portfolios (Background Materials), Teaching Methods, Literature
Bailey, Jennifer; Little, Chelsea; Rigney, Rex; Thaler, Anna; Weiderman, Ken; Yorkovich, Ben – Online Submission, 2010
This handbook is designed as a quick reference for first-year teachers who find themselves in an assessment driven environment with little experience to help make sense of the language, underlying philosophy, or organizational structure of the assessment system. The handbook begins with advice on developing and evaluating effective learning…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Portfolio Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Based Assessment
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DiMartino, Joe; Castaneda, Andrea – Educational Leadership, 2007
A recent employer survey sponsored by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills found that the skills new job entrants most need for success in the workplace--oral and written communication, time management, critical thinking, problem solving, personal accountability, and the ability to work effectively with others--are the areas in which recent…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, High Schools, College Graduates, Time Management
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