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Wind, Stefanie A. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2022
In many performance assessments, one or two raters from the complete rater pool scores each performance, resulting in a sparse rating design, where there are limited observations of each rater relative to the complete sample of students. Although sparse rating designs can be constructed to facilitate estimation of student achievement, the…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Bias, Identification, Performance Based Assessment
Singla, Adish; Theodoropoulos, Nikitas – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2022
Block-based visual programming environments are increasingly used to introduce computing concepts to beginners. Given that programming tasks are open-ended and conceptual, novice students often struggle when learning in these environments. AI-driven programming tutors hold great promise in automatically assisting struggling students, and need…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Task Analysis, Introductory Courses
Saher, Al-Sabbah; Ali, Al Momani Jehad; Amani, Darwish; Najwan, Fares – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2022
This study aimed to explore the effect of authentic and traditional assessment on students' performance in the field of health and educational sciences. Both qualitative and quantitative research designs were used in this study. Study used A questionnaire containing 20 items: 10 items represented traditional assessment and the other 10 represented…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Students
Chaudhry, Iffat Sabir; Sarwary, Sayed Ahmad M.; El Refae, Ghaleb A.; Chabchoub, Habib – Cogent Education, 2023
Artificial intelligence-based tools are rapidly revolutionizing the field of higher education, yet to be explored in terms of their impact on existing higher education institutions' (HEIs) practices adopted for continuous learning improvement, given the sparsity of the literature and empirical experiments in undergraduate degree programs. After…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Artificial Intelligence, Outcomes of Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Puertas, Eloi – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2022
During the past COVID pandemic crisis, teachers of any level must adapt their teaching methodologies to an online learning environment. One of the fears most aspects was the course assessment. Nonetheless, a lot of teachers were attracted to using new tools, that previously exists on their online platforms. In Universitat de Barcelona learning was…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
Lang, Charlotte S.; Holzmann, Gwetheldene; Hullinger, Hallett; Miller, Mary Lou; Norton, Timothy D. – Christian Higher Education, 2019
This study investigated how an authentic assessment program was used to examine student learning outcomes within the context of a Christian university's institutional mission, core values, and distinctive qualities. For the purposes of this study, an authentic assessment program is defined as assessing student-produced work within the context of…
Descriptors: Institutional Mission, Outcomes of Education, Christianity, Church Related Colleges
Al-Azzawi, Amad Mohammed Jamil; Nagavi, B.G.; Hachim, Mahmood Y.; Mossa, Omar H. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
Background: Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) were used to assess translational pharmacotherapeutic skills of a Gulf-region representative academic institution. Aim: The aim of the current study was to assess the clinical skills of students enrolled within the third year Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) programme within Ras Al…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pharmaceutical Education, Objective Tests, Undergraduate Students
Kromer, John – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2015
Students in Chemistry 254: Organic Chemistry for Majors were required to write a paper about an organic name reaction. Before turning in this assignment, students had the option of attending a one-hour library instruction session covering SciFinder, sources for spectra, ACS Style, and print resources about organic name reactions. Twenty-five…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Bibliographies, Organic Chemistry, Instructional Effectiveness
Xiong, Xiaolu; Zhao, Siyuan; Van Inwegen, Eric G.; Beck, Joseph E. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
Over the last couple of decades, there have been a large variety of approaches towards modeling student knowledge within intelligent tutoring systems. With the booming development of deep learning and large-scale artificial neural networks, there have been empirical successes in a number of machine learning and data mining applications, including…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Computer Software, Bayesian Statistics, Knowledge Level
Chan, Christopher – Communications in Information Literacy, 2016
With increasing interest in the assessment of learning outcomes in higher education, stakeholders are demanding concrete evidence of student learning. This applies no less to information literacy outcomes, which have been adopted by many colleges and universities around the world. This article describes the experience of a university library in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Libraries, Testing, Standardized Tests
Kinay, Ismail; Bagçeci, Birsen – International Education Studies, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of authentic assessment, an approach used in Scientific Research Methods, on problem solving skills of prospective classroom teachers. The participant groups of the study consisted of sophomore prospective teachers who study at Dicle University in the Ziya Gökalp Education Faculty Classroom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, Problem Solving
Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2017
After passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015, states assumed greater responsibility for designing their own accountability and assessment systems. ESSA requires states to measure "higher order thinking skills and understanding" and encourages the use of open-ended performance assessments, which are essential for…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Accountability, Portfolios (Background Materials), Task Analysis
Rosemartin, Dennis S. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2013
The use of assessments in public schools in the United States to link student test scores to school performance has arguably transformed assessments into accountability tools. Dennis S. Rosemartin, a former elementary classroom teacher, is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Arizona. His area of specialization is teacher preparation and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, High Stakes Tests
Darling-Hammond, Linda – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2017
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) opened up new possibilities for how student and school success are defined and supported in American public education. States have greater responsibility for designing and building their assessment and accountability systems. These new opportunities to develop performance assessments are critically important…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Accountability, Portfolios (Background Materials), Task Analysis
Heldsinger, Sandra A.; Humphry, Stephen M. – Educational Research, 2013
Background: Many in education argue for the importance of incorporating teacher judgements in the assessment and reporting of student performance. Advocates of such an approach are cognisant, though, that obtaining a satisfactory level of consistency in teacher judgements poses a challenge. Purpose: This study investigates the extent to which the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Comparative Analysis