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Showing 1 to 20 of 195 for “"Assessment practices"”.
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Student Culture and Classroom Assessment Practices
… is relevant, social and interactive. Formative assessment has been empirically demonstrated as being an effective form of instruction and assessment for learners (Black & Wiliam, 1998a, 1998b). Since assessment orients instruction and learning, combining student culture with formative assessment …
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Needs Assessment Practices of Managers and Trainers
… study examined several questions about needs assessment activities in organizations. Does the latest knowledge about needs assessment within the training and development profession contrast with actual practice and is this same knowledge utilized by managers and others making training …
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Bridging the Gap: Building More Collaborative Psychoeducational Assessment Practices
… but typically involves standardized assessment with a psychologist. And while cognitive ability assessment is an integral and informative part of the process, one major concern is that the integration of teacher and parent observations into Canadian psychoeducational evaluation …
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School Psychologists' Assessment Practices of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
… 504. Much has been written describing "best practices" for the assessment of children with ADHD. Little is known, however, about what roles school psychology practitioners are taking with regard to ADHD. The purpose of this research was to determine common ADHD assessment practices of school …
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Improving Second Language Learning Through Performance-Based Assessment Practices
… has become the benchmark measure for student assessment and school accountability in the United States. Multilingual learners are a vulnerable population with more testing and accountability requirements than mainstream students. Not only are they required to learn a second language, but they …
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Understanding teachers' use of formative assessment practices during literacy
… growth. Teachers have a paramount role in the assessment practices within their classroom spaces. Through the use of qualitative methods, this study investigated elementary teachers’ understandings and use of formative assessment during the context of literacy instruction. I conducted in-depth …
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Student-Engaged Assessment-A Meta-Analysis of EL Assessment Practices
… such model. The meta-analysis examined EL’s Core Practices for Assessment, which guide EL schools in developing and maintaining a balanced assessment program focused on student-engaged assessment, assessment for learning strategies, and effective use of both formative and summative assessment …
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Assessment practices of adult educators in Mamelodi Adult Learning Centers
This study explores the assessment practices of adult educators in Mamelodi Adult Learning Centers using a qualitative methodology. The study recognizes that assessment is an important activity within the education and training enterprise since it can be used to improve the quality of teaching as …
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Becoming effective technology teachers: enhancing assessment practices in primary classrooms
… knowledge and how this impacts on teaching practices in technology education, particularly formative interactions. Based in the interpretist paradigm and using case study methods, the two-year journeys of eight co-educational teachers from two primary schools and their technology education …
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Summative assessment practices of Solomon Islands year nine science teachers
… to investigate the perceptions, experiences, and practices of six Solomon Islands secondary science teachers, based on the types of assessment they use in their science classrooms to serve a summative purpose. The study was divided into two parts. The first part involved a baseline study which …
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Supporting example-based ideation and assessment practices in engineering design
… has explored how examples could be used as an assessment technique. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation was two-fold. First, we sought to provide an understanding of how and why examples are used in design practice and how we can better support these methods through the enhancement of …
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California School Psychologists’ Assessment Practices with CLD Students: A Phenomenological Study
… people. A closer look at school psychologists’ assessment practices with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students is necessary, as these students have historically been placed in special education at a higher percentage, likely due to misperceptions related to their race, ethnicity, …
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Transition to secondary education: children’s aspirations, assessment practices and admissions processes
This thesis presents research into the processes, practices and experiences of transition to secondary education in Northern Ireland from a children’s rights perspective. Three aspects of the contemporary landscape of transition are considered: availability of school places and children’s school …
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Compensation assessment practices in expropriation of customary land rights in Malawi
… It argues that existing compensation valuation practices for expropriation presupposes private property and functional property markets, thereby realising inadequate compensation for customary land. By doing so, the study analyses applicability of indemnity and taker's gain compensation theories …
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How Assessment Practices Influence the Academic Acculturation Process of International Graduate Students
… university. This study addresses the academic assessment and evaluation experience of international graduate students in the following four aspects: (1) their enjoyable and challenging assessment practices; (2) understanding of assessment expectations; (3) reflections on previous educational …
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Classroom assessment practices : a survey of Botswana primary and secondary school teachers
The Classroom Assessment Practices and Skills (CAPS) questionnaire was administered to a sample of 691 primary and secondary school teachers in Botswana,Southern Africa to survey their thoughts about classroom assessment and identify classroom assessment practices teachers perceive to be skilled …
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Understanding family violence assessment practices of pediatric emergency department nurses and physicians
… Institute of Medicine the frequency of routine assessment for intimate partner violence and other forms of family violence remains low among emergency department healthcare providers. The aim of this study was to use a theory-driven approach to understand the reasons why pediatric emergency …
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Are Teachers’ Formative Assessment Practices Reliable Indicators of Students’ Mastery of Standards?
… reported from criterion-referenced standardized assessments, such as the Georgia Milestones. The purpose of this research project was to determine if teachers’ formative assessment practices were reliable indicators of students’ mastery of grade-level standards. This study was a mixed-methods …
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Assessment Practices with English Language Learners for Entry Into Special Education Programs
… of this qualitative study is to examine local assessment practices for the assessment of English Language Learners for special education eligibility in the area of Specific Learning Disability. Resource specialists and psychologist from two districts in a San Francisco Bay area suburban county …
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Assessment practices used by teachers in early childhood education centres in Lusaka, Zambia.
Assessment in Early Childhood Education (ECE) plays a major role in child development, teaching and learning processes of young children. This study therefore sought to investigate “Assessment practices used by teachers in Early Childhood Education Centres in Lusaka, Zambia.” The objectives of the …
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