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Rankin, Jenny Grant – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Most data-informed decision-making in education is undermined by flawed interpretations. Educator-driven interventions to improve data use are beneficial but not omnipotent, as data misunderstandings persist at schools and school districts commended for ideal data use support. Meanwhile, most data systems and reports display figures without…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Data Interpretation, Information Utilization, Standards
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Callan, Victor J.; Johnston, Margaret A.; Clayton, Berwyn; Poulsen, Alison L. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2016
This research examines what practitioners in vocational education and training (VET) organisations and external auditors judge to be the key issues in the current and future use of e-assessment. Applying the framework of legitimacy theory, the study examined the tensions around the use and growth of e-assessment in training organisations, and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Student Evaluation, Audits (Verification)
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Alverson, Charlotte Y.; Yamamoto, Scott H. – SAGE Open, 2016
In this study, we used a paper-pencil questionnaire to investigate whether teachers, administrators, and parents differed in their preferences and accuracy when interpreting visual data displays for decision making. For the data analysis, we used nonparametric tests due to violations of distributional assumptions for using parametric tests. We…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Data, Decision Making, Data Analysis
Fariba Darabi – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
This case study examines the development of a general analytical inductive approach to qualitative research. It assesses the research design and analytical processes for developing a framework for understanding the development of collaborative partnerships between business schools and industry. I adopted an interpretivist approach which is about…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Logical Thinking, Research Design
Alison K. Cohen – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This case study presents an example of using a generalized linear model with a log-linear link to calculate an adjusted risk ratio to be able to assess the association between educational attainment and obesity in a cohort study of American adults. Both risk ratios and odds ratios can be calculated based on cohort study data, and risk ratios are…
Descriptors: Models, Computation, Risk, Educational Attainment
Datnow, Amanda; Park, Vicki – Educational Leadership, 2015
School leaders are often drowning in data but are unsure which forms of data will help them create a portrait of student achievement that will motivate staff to look beyond simple trends and delve deeper into root causes. Teachers often wish for more guidance on the kinds of data analysis and teaching strategies that will help them move the needle…
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Data, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation
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Sun, Yan; Strobel, Johannes; Newby, Timothy J. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Adopting a two-phase explanatory sequential mixed methods research design, the current study examined the impact of student teaching experiences on pre-service teachers' readiness for technology integration. In phase-1 of quantitative investigation, 2-level growth curve models were fitted using online repeated measures survey data collected from…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Student Teacher Attitudes, Readiness, Technology Integration
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Kell, Clare; Sweet, John – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
This paper shows how peer observation of learning and teaching (POLT) discussions can be augmented through the use of a dynamic visual notation that makes visible for interpretation, elements of teacher-learner and learner-earner nonverbal interactions. Making visible the nonverbal, physical, spatial and kinesics (eye-based) elements of…
Descriptors: Observation, Peer Evaluation, Visual Aids, Protocol Analysis
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Lynne Hunt; Lyall Hunt – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2017
This historical case study of the Yilgarn Project explores a community-engaged, whole-of-department framework that involved students as partners in research and publications. It shows how existing flexible curriculum and assessment processes enabled student engagement with research. The purpose of this case study is to share practice and to…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Student Participation, Student Research, Writing for Publication
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Kjelvik, Melissa K.; Schultheis, Elizabeth H. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
Data are becoming increasingly important in science and society, and thus data literacy is a vital asset to students as they prepare for careers in and outside science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and go on to lead productive lives. In this paper, we discuss why the strongest learning experiences surrounding data literacy may arise…
Descriptors: Data Use, Scientific Research, Information Literacy, STEM Education
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Sezgin-Nartgün, Senay; Ekinci, Serkan – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This study aimed to identify administrators' views related to the assessment of school principals' reassignment in educational organizations. The study utilized qualitative research design and the study group composed of 8 school administrators selected via simple sampling who were employed in the Bolu central district in 2014-2015 academic year.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, School Administration
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Smit, Jantien; Bakker, Arthur; van Eerde, Dolly; Kuijpers, Maggie – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2016
The importance of language in mathematics learning has been widely acknowledged. However, little is known about how to make this insight productive in the design and enactment of language-oriented mathematics education. In a design-based research project, we explored how language-oriented mathematics education can be designed and enacted. We drew…
Descriptors: Graphs, Language Proficiency, Data Interpretation, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Andrelchik, Hillary – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2016
Action research, conducted by teachers in their own classrooms, with the goal of improving practice, is an invaluable practice that can provide insight into students' lives. One of the many challenges associated with action research is knowing how to analyze and interpret data. In this manuscript, written as a "how to" of sorts, I…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Students, Action Research, Teacher Researchers
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Caldwell, Amanda; Hawe, Eleanor – Assessment Matters, 2016
Assessment can be powerful when teachers are able to analyse, interpret and use information in ways that enhance their teaching and programmes, and students' learning. A qualitative approach was used to investigate how teachers of Years 4-8 students analyse, interpret and use information gained from administration of the Progressive Achievement…
Descriptors: Data Use, Data Interpretation, Data Analysis, Achievement Tests
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Rebecca Shargel; B. P. Laster – English Journal, 2016
In this article, "havruta," the dominant strategy for textual higher learning where pairs pour over texts slowly to decipher and argue about the meaning with each other, is explored as an appropriate pedagogy. The author describes how to facilitate interpersonal and textual skills in the middle school and high school classrooms. Texts…
Descriptors: Students, Cooperative Learning, Text Structure, Dialogs (Language)
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