In 2015, 193 countries committed to achieving the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a shared vision of humanity that provides the missing piece of the globalisation puzzle. The extent to which that vision becomes a reality will depend on today's classrooms; and it is educators who hold the key to ensuring that the SDGs become a real…

We present a strategy for the acquisition and assessment of autonomous learning conducted as part of the Graphic Expression in Engineering (GE) degree course during the first quarter at the Escola Universitària d'Enginyeria Tècnica Industrial de Barcelona (EUETIB). The strategy employed is the puzzle technique in the classroom and multiple-choice…

Assessment tasks can focus student efforts in what they choose to study. This paper describes the development and initial application of an assessment matrix to support student learning in postgraduate research studies at the University of Adelaide. Students and supervisors in the multi-disciplinary Master programmes also benefit from the clear…

This study investigated the degree to which teacher developed curriculum was aligned with the national standards in Qatar. Three sources of data included teacher response to a questionnaire, teacher interviews and expert rating of the alignment of teacher-developed materials with curriculum standards. A survey and interview questions measured…

Now entering into its 20th year of data collection, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, (TIMSS) is an international assessment of mathematics and science at the fourth and eighth grades. TIMSS 2015 is the most recent in the TIMSS series, which began with the first assessments in 1995 and has continued every four years--1999,…

There is considerable evidence that using technology as an instructional tool improves student learning and educational outcomes (Hanna & de Nooy, 2003). In developing countries, pre-university education focuses on memorization, although meting the mission of AUST requires students to manage technology and to think more independently. This…

Because of the educational importance of mathematics and science, IEA's (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, widely known as TIMSS, is dedicated to providing countries with information to improve teaching and learning in these curriculum areas. Conducted…

The primary purpose of this curriculum research project was to devise an instrument that would reveal general information about the philosophy, objectives, and curriculum of a school without requiring in-depth analysis of any particular subject-matter area. The instrument presented here was developed through a group-process consensus approach by…

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to explore employee perceptions of the development of a learning culture in a medium-sized manufacturing company that was aspiring to become a learning organization. Design/methodology/approach: The research comprised an extended interview with the company's Organizational Development Manager, a validated…

Presents several series of statements that one can use to evaluate such areas as school goals, program characteristics, and performance characteristics of the school. (Author/IRT)

THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROJECT WERE TO (1) DEVELOP A SET OF OBJECTIVES WHICH ACCURATELY REFLECTED THE TASKS THE SCHOOL WOULD LIKE TO ATTEMPT AND THE OUTCOMES NEEDED IN ORDER TO VIEW THE SCHOOL AS SUCCESSFUL, AND (2) DEVELOP A SET OF INSTRUMENTS AND A PLAN FOR GATHERING DATA WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE STAFF TO EVALUATE AND DETERMINE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF…

The Delphi technique is being used by more institutions of higher education as a tool to obtain consensus. A few of the areas in which it has been employed are identifying educational goals and objectives, curriculum and campus planning, studies of cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis, evaluation procedures, and studies of resource…

This is a 20-item, three part questionnaire designed to measure knowledge of decision-making and evaluation on the part of participants in a training program on planning and evaluation. Part of TM 001 078. (DLG)

Describes a structured set of procedures for critical script appraisal of nontheatrical scripts by carefully selected evaluators. An overview of the procedure, script reviewer qualities, the questionnaire's structure and objectives, and discussion of a sequence-by-sequence evaluation, script annotations, reviewer comments, and report preparation…

The psychometric properties of a version of the Course Experience Questionnaire revised for students currently enrolled at the University of Sydney, the Student Course Experience Questionnaire (SCEQ), were assessed, gathering students' perceptions on a number of scales, including Good Teaching, Clear Goals and Standards, Appropriate Assessment,…