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Tawil, Muh.; Said, Muhammad Amin; Suryansari, Kemala – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2023
This study aimed to examine authentic models of science assessment in assessing the competence of senior high school students who met the criteria of validity, practicality, and effectiveness. The methodology applied was an evaluation and developmental research. Research was conducted in senior high school in accordance with the needs of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Performance Based Assessment, Student Evaluation, Science Achievement
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Lazenby, Katherine; Tenney, Kristin; Marcroft, Tina A.; Komperda, Regis – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Assessment instruments that generate quantitative data on attributes (cognitive, affective, behavioral, "etc.") of participants are commonly used in the chemistry education community to draw conclusions in research studies or inform practice. Recently, articles and editorials have stressed the importance of providing evidence for the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Periodicals, Journal Articles, Science Education
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Alkharusi, Hussain – International Journal of Instruction, 2015
A classroom assessment environment is a classroom context experienced by students as the teacher determines assessment purposes, develops assessment tasks, defines assessment criteria and standards, provides feedback, and monitors outcomes (Brookhart, 1997). It is usually a group experience varying from class to class dependent upon the teacher's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Student Evaluation, Psychometrics
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Britton, Emily; Simper, Natalie; Leger, Andrew; Stephenson, Jenn – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
Effective teamwork skills are essential for success in an increasingly team-based workplace. However, research suggests that there is often confusion concerning how teamwork is measured and assessed, making it difficult to develop these skills in undergraduate curricula. The goal of the present study was to develop a sustainable tool for assessing…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Undergraduate Students, Skills, Student Evaluation
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McCoy, Jan D.; Braun-Monegan, Jenelle; Bettesworth, Leanne; Tindal, Gerald – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
While problem solving as an instructional technique is widely advocated, educators are often challenged in effectively assessing student skill in this area. Students failing to solve a problem might fail in any of several aspects of the effort. The purpose of this research was to validate a scaffolded technique for assessing problem solving in…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Problem Solving, Science Education
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Khuzwayo, Mamsi Ethel – South African Journal of Education, 2018
This study records findings of a study carried out in a group of 100 students at a South African university. This study examines the group's assignments as a way of gathering evidence about pre-service teachers' achievements in the process of education and training. The empirical study was based on comparative analysis of scores obtained by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education
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Baytemir, Kemal; Ilhan, Tahsin – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2018
Introduction: The aim of this study is to develop a measurement instrument for measuring the exam anxiety experienced by the parents regarding their children's exams. Method: The data were collected from two different study groups. While the first group consists of 299 parents, 169 female and 130 male, the second group consists of 200 parents, 108…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Anxiety, Parents, Test Validity
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Wu, Pai-Hsing; Wu, Hsin-Kai; Hsu, Ying-Shao – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
The emphasis on scientific inquiry has increased the importance in developing the fundamental abilities to conduct scientific investigations and urged a need for valid assessments of students' inquiry abilities. We took advantage of the advanced technology to develop a simulation-based assessment of inquiry abilities (SAIA) that allowed…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Content Validity, Inquiry, Scientific Research
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van Velzen, Joke H. – Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Theoretically, reflection is known to be an essential skill for improving learning on a metacognitive level. In practice, students may not use it of their own accord to improve this kind of learning because it can be mentally demanding. The author reports on the legitimation of an instrument measuring self-induced self-reflective thinking, which…
Descriptors: Measurement, Student Evaluation, Reflection, Thinking Skills
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Karlin, Omar; Karlin, Sayaka – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2018
This study had two aims. The first was to explain the process of using the Rasch measurement model to validate tests in an easy-to-understand way for those unfamiliar with the Rasch measurement model. The second was to validate two final exams with several shared items. The exams were given to two groups of students with slightly differing English…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Validity, Test Items, Accuracy
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Thawabieh, Ahmad M. – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2017
This study aimed to compare between the students' self-assessment and teachers' assessment. The study sample consisted of 71 students at Tafila Technical University studying Introduction to Psychology course. The researcher used 2 students' self-assessment tools and 2 tests. The results indicated that students can assess themselves accurately if…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Evaluation, Psychology
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Dülmer, Hermann – Sociological Methods & Research, 2016
The factorial survey is an experimental design consisting of varying situations (vignettes) that have to be judged by respondents. For more complex research questions, it quickly becomes impossible for an individual respondent to judge all vignettes. To overcome this problem, random designs are recommended most of the time, whereas quota designs…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Reliability, Validity, Benchmarking
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Wrigley, Terry; Wormwell, Louise – Improving Schools, 2016
This article examines a government attempt to impose testing of 4-year-olds as a baseline against which to "hold primary schools accountable" for children's subsequent progress. It examines the various forms of baseline testing in this experiment and analyses the misleading claims made for the "predictive validity" of baseline…
Descriptors: Accountability, Preschool Children, Student Evaluation, Predictive Validity
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Hardcastle, Joseph; Herrmann-Abell, Cari F.; DeBoer, George E. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Energy is a critically important topic in the K-12 science curriculum, with many applications in the earth, physical, and life sciences and in engineering and technology. To meet the challenges associated with teaching energy, new tools and assessment instruments are needed. In this work we describe the development of a three-tier assessment…
Descriptors: Energy, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Instruction, Test Construction
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Lehan, Tara; Hussey, Heather; Mika, Eva – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2016
Throughout the dissertation process, the chair and committee members provide feedback regarding quality to help the doctoral candidate to produce the highest-quality document and become an independent scholar. Nevertheless, results of previous research suggest that overall dissertation quality generally is poor. Because much of the feedback about…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Student Evaluation, Feedback (Response)
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