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Hyde, Diana DeShazo – 1992
A practicum sought to measure and document real learning in natural circumstances through the use of whole language assessment techniques involving observation checklists on which skills for the language arts (writing, spelling, reading) were listed. Skills were measured using descriptor words such as "stable,""evident," and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Check Lists, Cognitive Style, Grade 2
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Pils, Linda J. – Reading Teacher, 1991
Presents a variety of literacy evaluation strategies devised and implemented by a teacher who is making the transition to whole language. (MG)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Yumori, Wendie C.; Tibbetts, Katherine A. – 1992
A study examined practitioners' perceptions about the transition from a scope and sequence of skills approach to reading instruction and assessment to a whole literacy curriculum and portfolio assessment. Subjects, four consultants and eight teachers at one of the seven public elementary schools served by the Kamehameha Early Education Program…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Research, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Freppon, Penny A. – 1992
A study investigated how a teacher managed her whole-language instructional approach within the constraints of the district skills-based evaluation program. Data gathering and analysis took place over a 5-month period in a first-grade urban midwestern classroom. Data included field notes, interviews, artifacts, and classroom observations. The…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Research, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Methods