COVID-19 presents assessment professionals with an opportunity to reexamine preexisting inequities for vulnerable student groups that may be more susceptible to the pandemic's economic impacts. We propose that assessment professionals incorporate student interviews more intentionally in their work so they and their stakeholders can develop more…

This document provides advice on moving from in-place, closed-book examinations to open-book, remote assessment. It offers conceptual considerations, practical tips, and discusses the relative merits of two common approaches to open-book exams: those with strict time limits, and those with broad time limits ('take-home' exams).

Recent decades have brought schools and educators toward implementing more inclusive educational programming for students with disabilities. The co-teaching paradigm has become increasingly applied in an effort to provide students with disabilities with a Free Appropriate Public Education within the Least Restrictive Environment. However, educator…

The aim of this study is to investigate the problems faced by primary school teachers in Turkish education and their recommendations for solutions to these problems. Employing a case study methodology, a cohort of 14 teachers representing diverse regions across Türkiye was selected for examination. In establishing the study group, a deliberate…

Digital instruments developed to support education practices add new dimensions to education governance. Among such developments is the digitisation of the national curriculum through instruments that govern teachers' planning practices. In this article, a semiotics of configurations approach is applied to analyse a digital instrument, the…

This study aims to determine the misconceptions of teacher candidates about the greenhouse effect concept by using Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm instead of human experts. The Knowledge Discovery from Data (KDD) process model was preferred in the study where the Analyse, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate (ADDIE) instructional design…

Purpose: This study evaluated the feasibility of the "Start to Move" (S2M) digital assessment of children's fundamental movement skills being implemented by primary school teachers within PE lessons. Methods: Nine primary school teachers in the United Kingdom trialed S2M weekly over a 6-week period. Posttrial surveys and interviews were…

Introduction: Bullying victimization profoundly impacts the psychological and physical well-being of adolescents. There is limited research on the specific role of physical fitness in bullying victimization, and existing studies often overlook sex differences in these dynamics. This study investigates the relationship between sprint performance…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, all stakeholders in education, including music teachers, had to respond to new challenges, including the adjustment of the learning process to the requirements of distance learning and teaching. The main goal of the present research was to determine music teachers' self-assessment of ICT competences and their use of…

This review critically examines empirical evidence from 50 studies over two decades on technology-mediated self-assessment (TMSA) in higher education, providing a comprehensive overview of the tools used, and the benefits and challenges encountered in its application. The findings suggest that TMSA not only retains the benefits of traditional…

Introduction: Puberty health, as a fundamental aspect of adolescent health, requires targeted and evaluated educational programs. However, to date, a comprehensive tool to measure the effectiveness of these programs has not been developed. Therefore, this study aimed at the design and psychometric validation of the Evaluation Scale for Puberty…

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted education worldwide and schools used flexible learning as an alternative modality. This study used a quantitative approach and descriptive research to describe the learning context and determine the students' preferences in learning modalities, learning materials, learning tasks, and assessment…

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) play an important role in educating Latinos. The purpose of this article is to apply and extend the Typology of Hispanic-Serving Institutions Organizational Identities framework and propose a systematic rubric as a tool for assessment and evaluation. The article contains analyses and discourse for HSIs…

Background: Despite the growing need for language and communication assessments in both languages for bilingual children, there remains a shortage of bilingual speech and language therapists (SLTs). Teleassessment has emerged as a promising solution to address this gap, but there is a pressing need for a comprehensive understanding of its…

Educationalists have had serious problems in proposing well-grounded ways of teaching critical thinking. Reviews of the field have called for research to develop theory concerning the learning experience associated with critical thinking enhancement, as well as to explore more tailored teaching and evaluation methods. This article suggests an…