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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Academic Assessment"”.
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A Knowledge Map-Centric Feedback-Based Approach to Information Modeling and Academic Assessment
… determining factors in judging a graduate's academic aptitude. This research presents a modern approach to modeling knowledge and evaluating students. Based upon the model of a closed-loop feedback controller it considers education as a system with an instructor determining the set of …
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Exploring Successful Strategies for Integrating Academic Assessment and Strategic Planning in the Community College
… colleges to facilitate the integration of their assessment and strategic plans. Because the strategic and assessment plans are major documents that guide the success of the institution, they are submitted frequently as evidence of meeting the accreditation requirement for institutional …
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Facilitators and barriers in academic assessment of learners with hearing impairment: a case of examinations council of Zambia
… was to examine facilitators and barriers in the academic assessment of learners with hearing impairment (LHI) at Grade 9 level of education. The study used a case study design and utilized qualitative approach. The study had a sample size of fifty participants who included ten teachers, ten item …
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Facilitators and barriers in academic assessment of learners with hearing impairment: a case of examinations council of Zambia
… was to examine facilitators and barriers in the academic assessment of learners with hearing impairment (LHI) at Grade 9 level of education. The study used a case study design and utilized qualitative approach. The study had a sample size of fifty participants who included ten teachers, ten item …
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Bridging the Divide: Unveiling Global Disparities and Local Challenges in Academic Internationalization for a Holistic Approach to Change
… critiquing both the non-transparent domestic academic assessment practices hindering integration into the international research community and the perpetuating global disparities in knowledge production processes. Despite often appearing contradictory in domestic scholarly discourse, these …
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How Assessment Practices Influence the Academic Acculturation Process of International Graduate Students
… experience various challenges adapting to academic situations within a new university community. This thesis reports on an interview study with six international graduate students who use English as a second language studying Master’s degree at one Canadian university. This study addresses …
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An Examination of Non-Cognitive Predictors of Six-Year Graduation Rates for African American Students at a Predominately White Institution Using the Annual Freshman Survey
… Annual Freshman Survey (AFS) that may predict academic success, in the form of six-year graduation, for African American students at a predominately White institution. Previous research has reported the relevance of non-cognitive variables in predicting college grades, persistence, and …
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Infant Heart Transplant: Perioperative Indicators of Neurocognitive Development
… and 1990 and had also received cognitive and academic assessment between 4 to 10 years of age. Results revealed that rewarming rate and DHCA times under 40 minutes did not correlate with intellectual outcome. Conversely, cooling rate, DHCA time over 40 minutes when age was taken into account, …
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Confidence in Academic Testing: The Effect of Induced Checking and Anxiety on University Students' Emotional Responses to, and Performance in, Academic Challenge
Academic tests such as the American College Testing (ACT), Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), and National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) have been used to assess academic aptitude. Research suggests that both test anxiety and test emotions (positive and negative) influence academic …
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African music in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa : a case study in the Western Cape
… been a part of the Conference. In other words an academic assessment needs to be grounded in practice. (a) My purpose is to determine the meaning of African Music in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, and to show that African Music is a contact point between Church and Culture, facilitating …
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The economic impact of major sports events: a case study of Sheffield
… and quasi-strategic at the time, the longer-term assessment of these radical investment decisions has been overlooked. The value, role and function of major events in the local UK economic development process is therefore less than fully understood.</p> <p>Challenging the traditional economic base …
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An outcome evaluation of the Home-School partnership programme
… from 30% to 35% as presented in Annual National Assessments (2011) for Grade one to six. The low language and literacy performance in South Africa is one problem that calls for action from different stakeholders. The implementing organisation train teachers to become facilitators. The …
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Teacher Perceptions of their Responsibilities as Site based Leaders in Mentoring Colleagues
<p>In a school setting, teachers may serve as leaders as well as classroom teachers. In any school, principals are unable to run a school without the help of others. This help often comes from classroom teachers who are supporting student and school needs by taking on leadership roles. The focus of …