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Englund, Hans; Gerdin, Jonas – British Educational Research Journal, 2019
Critical educational literature suggests that an increased reliance upon performative technologies is currently transforming the very foundations from which teacher subjectivities are constructed. Arguably though, the number of studies pointing to this risk or tendency is considerably larger than the ones theorising why this should be the case.…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Evaluation Methods
Johnson, Martin; Coleman, Tori – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2021
Since March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to have a considerable impact on education policy and practice across the United Kingdom (UK). The onset of the pandemic has also been characterised by its uncertainty, with education practitioners having little in the way of prior experience to call upon in order to predict future developments…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Eun, Barohny; Knotek, Steven E. – Research in Education, 2022
A Vygotskian approach to assessment is proposed by invoking the distinction between the development of lower and higher psychological functions. Higher psychological functions are specifically human and develop with the use of cultural tools via mediation. Accordingly, a distinction is made between tests that are based on association, which have…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Sociocultural Patterns, Psychological Patterns, Teaching Methods
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Buyarski, Catherine A.; Aaron, Robert W.; Hansen, Michele J.; Hollingsworth, Cynthia D.; Johnson, Charles A.; Kahn, Susan; Landis, Cynthia M.; Pedersen, Joan S.; Powell, Amy A. – Theory Into Practice, 2015
This conceptual model emerged from the need to balance multiple purposes and perspectives associated with developing an ePortfolio designed to promote student development and success. A comprehensive review of literature from various disciplines, theoretical frameworks, and scholarship, including self-authorship, reflection, ePortfolio pedagogy,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Portfolios (Background Materials), Internet, Models
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Wilkin, Carla L. – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how assessment design was used to enhance students' critical thinking in a subject concerned with business enterprise systems. The study shows positive results and favorable perceptions of the merit of the approach. Design/Methodology/Approach: A case study approach was used to examine how the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Accounting, Business Administration Education, Masters Programs
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Sharp, John G.; Hemmings, Brian; Kay, Russell – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2016
Recently identified as an academic "achievement emotion", boredom has long been implicated as a factor contributing adversely to student attainment across a diverse range of formal educational settings. Despite this, the study of boredom, particularly among students in higher education, remains a relatively neglected and underdeveloped…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Models
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Evans, Ian M.; Galyer, Karma – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2009
Intolerance of uncertainty and maladaptive information seeking are linked in many models of worry and clinical anxiety. This study aimed to examine children's use of information to regulate negative arousal associated with uncertainty in an exciting or threatening pretend play context. Children were presented with a positively or negatively…
Descriptors: Play, Emotional Response, Information Seeking, Counseling Techniques
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Ayala, Christopher; Borawski, Steven; Miller, Jonathon – Science & Education, 2008
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) believed that consciousness was represented by the interconnection of psychical processes comprised of temporal elements and compounds. To explore these processes, Wundt used a metronome to measure the amount of information that passed into consciousness across time. The current project replicated some of his procedures,…
Descriptors: Psychology, History, Teaching Methods, Psychological Patterns
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Siu, Frances; Parker, Randall; Livneh, Hanoch; Brodwin, Martin – Rehabilitation Education, 2008
This article provides suggestions for curriculum modifications that may be necessary to meet the new Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) Standard C.9, Medical, Functional, and Environmental Implications of Disability. Specifically addressed are (a) goals and objectives for meeting the new standards, (b) suggestions for new curricular units,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Core Curriculum, Chronic Illness, Teaching Methods
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Hunt, David E.; Gow, Jane – Theory into Practice, 1984
A practice-to-theory approach of matching models helps teachers increase self-knowledge and awareness of their students. Participants discuss personal teaching style, students, expected learning outcomes, teaching approaches, matching models, and then restate their teaching style. A teacher's response to these exercises is presented as an example.…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Psychological Patterns
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Banerjee, Suparna – Research in Dance Education, 2005
This paper is a reflection on the process of dance choreography, an assignment for pedagogical evaluation at postgraduate level in an Indian university. It is also a recapitulation and reconstruction of my experiences while undergoing a Master's course in Bharatanatyam (a style of classical dance) in the Centre for Performing Arts (CPA),…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Dance Education, Graduate Study
Bortner, Morton, Ed. – 1967
Ten papers consider brain damaged children. Brain damage is considered as an educational category, and the following aspects of evaluation are treated: disorders of oral communication, hearing impairment, psychological deficit, psychiatric factors, and neurological considerations. Educational strategies discussed include the educational methods of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Methods, Educational Strategies, Evaluation