The model for student assessment and placement described in this report was developed by the Learning Assessment Retention Consortium (LARC), a year-old network of 17 northern California colleges organized to examine problems related to assessment and to implement specific action plans. The report begins by citing statistics on the increasing…

The projection of shadows task developed by Inhelder and Piaget was used to identify error patterns and solution strategies used by diverse populations in a sequence of proportion tasks. In Study A, two group tests were administered to 607 students from science and mathematics classes in grades 9 and 10. A sub-sample of 69 students was involved in…

A study evaluated the effectiveness of pretesting infantry soldiers scheduled to take written Skill Qualification Tests (SQT) in order to determine their training needs prior to official testing. During the study, researchers developed and field-tested a pretest for the SQT that was based on the 11B1 Infantryman Soldier's Manual and the 1980 SQT…

This guide describes a management system for dealing with hyperactive, disruptive children within the classroom setting. The first step in the process involves a 45-minute classroom observation of the referred child by the psychologist. The psychologist collects frequency and duration baseline data on four classes of behavior: off task, talking…

A description is presented of the teacher training component of the Assessment of Language Proficiency of Bilingual Persons (ALPBP) project that was implemented over a period of 2 years in Tucson (Arizona) and Berkeley (California). The goal of the Tucson section was to provide a forum wherein teachers and administrators could explore the…

Cognitive and non-cognitive influences on the mathematical learning of children attending four community schools in different provinces of Papua New Guinea and an international primary school in Lae were investigated. Altogether, 446 pupils, most in grades 2, 4, or 6, were given pencil-and-paper group tests; 253 pupils were also given individual…

This study guide was specifically designed for individuals preparing to take the Georgia Teacher Certification Test (TCT) in art. It contains content objectives for the TCT in art and a list of references, organized to correspond to the six individual subareas of the test. These areas include: (1) elements and principles of art; (2) drawing and…

This study guide is designed as an aid to individuals taking the Georgia Teacher Certification Test (TCT) in communicative arts. Learning objectives are described for: (1) logical reasoning; (2) research; (3) written composition; (4) language; (5) communications media and careers; (6) literature; (7) reading; and (8) oral communications. Following…

This study guide is specifically designed for individuals preparing to take the Georgia Teacher Certification Test (TCT) in mathematics. The test covers seven subareas: (1) sets, numbers, numeration, operations, etc.; (2) geometry; (3) algebra; (4) trigonometry; (5) analysis and calculus; (6) probability and logic; and (7) measurement, relations,…

This study guide is intended for use by individuals preparing to take the Georgia Teacher Certification Test (TCT) for school counselors. The content objectives, or competencies, to be demonstrated are: (1) general knowledge of growth and development of the child; (2) knowledge of theories of personality and learning; (3) knowledge of major…

This study guide is designed for individuals who are preparing to take the Georgia Teacher Certification Test (TCT) in school psychology. The five broad subareas from the field selected for the test are: (1) professional practice; (2) school organization and instruction; (3) human growth and psychological development; (4) psychological assessment…

In this paper, it was investigated the effect of digital portfolio assessment process on the drawing and story writing performances of the 14-15 ages students. For this reason, a digital portfolio assessment rubric was prepared in order to evaluate students' drawing and story writing works. For the validity and reliability analyze was applied to…

At Michigan State University (MSU) we have developed and are testing a faculty survey instrument to gather institution-wide information on outreach activity. We have sought to define consistent quantitative measures that can be used both to describe the whole institution's investment of resources in engagement activities and to establish…

Introduction: Genre analysis is an approach to study communication patterns and thus it can be applied to the specific context of meetings. This research investigates the use of genre analysis in the design of electronic meeting systems. Background: The primary goal of genre analysis is to understand how virtual communities use digital…

This study compared essay scores from paper-based and computer-based versions of a writing test for prospective teachers. Scores for essays in the paper-based version averaged nearly half a standard deviation higher than those in the computer-based version, after applying a statistical control for demographic differences between the groups of…