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Youngs, Peter; Bird, Tom – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
The purpose of this documentary account is twofold. First, we describe two strategic instructional assignments embedded in university courses at a large research institution in the United States that were designed to help teaching candidates move toward mastery. Second, we explicate candidates' performances on the assessments as well as evidence…
Descriptors: Scoring, Assignments, Secondary Education, Preservice Teacher Education
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Simmons, Jay – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2003
Concludes, derived from three years' work with high school and college writing classes, that students need to practice reading one another's work while giving and receiving feedback. Describes a program in which writing teachers of college-bound high school seniors and freshman college composition teachers designed writing assignments that all of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation, Reading Skills
Stroble, Elizabeth J. – 1992
Secondary teacher education students should be given clear instruction in the assembling and assessment of professional teaching portfolios. In the teacher education program at the University of Louisville (Kentucky), student teachers are asked to prepare portfolios, exactly as all secondary students must in the state of Kentucky, meaning that the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Keech, Catharine; Thomas, Susan – 1979
Prepared as part of the evaluation of the Bay Area Writing Project (BAWP), this report offers descriptions of promising practices in composition instruction. It explains the selection criteria and classification scheme used and describes practices in the following four categories: (1) structuring of writing programs, (2) teaching the elements of…
Descriptors: Assignments, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Presents two ideas to help beginning mathematics teachers. The first presents a way to record and grade homework. The second suggests a manipulative to help students understand the trigonometric concept of reference angle. (MDH)
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Geometric Concepts
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1994
The purpose of this booklet is to illustrate and compare three important levels of expectation, or standards, that have been set for diploma examination writing in English 33 in Alberta, Canada: "3 Satisfactory,""4 Proficient," and "5 Excellent." The booklet presents exemplar papers that were used to illustrate the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, English Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
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Miller, L. Diane – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1991
Ninth-grade students' (n=90) responses to impromptu, in-class writing assignments were examined to evaluate students' understanding of mathematical concepts. Participating teachers benefited by seeing how students' writings may reveal misconceptions concerning mathematical concepts, skills, and generalizations. (MDH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Content Area Writing, Evaluation Methods
Milbury, Peter – Technology Connection, 1997
Describes a library-based assignment planned collaboratively between a history teacher and high school librarian that focused on the Internet and problem based learning (PBL). Highlights include the planning process; the California SCORE History-Social Science Web site; role playing; information literacy; student research and presentations; and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Educational Planning
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2013, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Prague, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 2013). The e-Learning 2013 conference aims to…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education