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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Traditional assessment"”.
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Examining the Training and Practice of School Psychologists: A Survey of Intern Supervisors
… to school psychology interns in the areas of Traditional Assessment, Non-Traditional Assessment, Consultation, Interventions, and Other skill areas. Twenty-five training institutions from 16 states were rated by the supervisors. The responding supervisors' job roles primarily consisted of …
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Assessment and collaborative writing: Conflict to complement
… instructors who use collaboration is that traditional assessment measures, such as in-class essay exams, undermine rather than support such writing activities that are rooted in social construction theory. While the use of collaboration in writing classrooms continues to grow, the field of …
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Evaluation of narrative interview as an assessment method
… the role of the narrative interview as an assessment method. The main aim of the study was to ascertain the value of subjective and holistic methods of assessment in facilitating and enabling psychological processes. Traditional psychometric techniques of assessment are compared with …
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Educational Specialist Programs in School Psychology: Trends in Training Emphasis
… Thirty-one programs reported emphasizing traditional assessment (Traditional Programs), while 20 programs reported other areas of emphasis (Other Programs). An independent t-test indicated that Traditional Programs offer significantly higher amounts of training in traditional assessment …
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Unity in "No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger" and Mark Twain's Debt to Christian Science.
<p>Since 1969 the traditional assessment of the final fifteen years of Mark Twain's career has undergone a reversal because of the availability of the original Mysterious Stranger Manuscripts. These manuscripts, for the first time, presented three distinct versions of Twain's mysterious stranger …
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Selection Criteria For Identifying Gifted And Talented Minority Students In Grades One Through Five In Central Mississippi
… of 12 students who were screened using the traditional method of testing and 53 students who were screened using the alternative method of testing. This study attempted to explore strengths and weaknesses in the current system's minority gifted identification process. The alternate screening …
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Evaluating Applicant Reactions to a Gamified Assessment of Personal Values: Developing and Testing a Theoretical Model
To address the limitations of traditional rating-scale assessment methods of psychological constructs in human resource management, game-based assessments and the gamification of existing pre-employment assessments have recently emerged as promising directions for applied measurement. Gamification, …
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Students and Faculty Indivisible: Crafting a Higher Education Culture of Flourishing
… student and instructor? In what ways, if any, do traditional assessment practices impact student development? In what ways, if any, does institutional culture shape faculty identity, and what is gained or lost in the process? These queries stem from concerns about possible disconnects between …
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Promoting student self-efficacy through assessment
… was to examine the impact of using alternate assessment methods as a means of promoting student self-efficacy. The study was conducted in a preK-8 public school located in Camden, NJ. The participants were 18 fourth grade students from a co-taught inclusion classroom. Two units of study were …
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Testing for Subtle Cognitive Impairments in aClinically Informed iPad Platform
… better outcomes. Despite advances in cognitive assessments, traditional assessment methods are often time-consuming and require extensive medical expertise, making it challenging to reach many patients and limiting data availability. This thesis explores an innovative solution - an advanced, …
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Exploring Subgroups of Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms through Symptom Experience
… literature: population type and method of assessment of BPD. This research compares retrospective, weekly, and immediate experience of BPD symptoms through traditional assessment techniques (structured clinical interview) and novel assessment techniques (weekly and immediate assessments) …
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Understanding the Learning & Advocacy Needs of a Twice-Exceptional Student Through A Strengths-Based Lens: A Case Study in California
… and disabilities to add to the research on traditional assessment and intervention approaches. The researcher also explored how parents’ understanding of their child aligned with the child’s perception of those variables and their understanding of a strengths-based advocacy approach. …
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Re-thinking assesment philosophy and practice peer- and self-assesment
Many succeed academically through traditional assessment, but all students are disadvantaged by the one-size-fits-all, mechanistic approach which gives little consideration to the relational side of learning. This demands correction through a holistic philosophy of learning, where the learning …
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Systems thinking applied to automation and workplace safety
… Accident Model and Processes (STAMP), with the traditional assessments recommended by industry standards for analyzing safety risks in modern manufacturing workplaces that are increasingly incorporating automated systems. These increasingly complex, modern socio-technical systems are introducing …
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Matrix that matter: Assessment, accountability, and student learning outcomes at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
… participants – retired and practicing HBCU assessment and institutional effectiveness professionals. The goal of this study was to develop in-depth and rigorous matrices and evidence that highlights what HBCU students know and are able to do once they graduate. Crenshaw’s intersectionality …
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Nutritional Status of Patients with End Stage Liver Disease: An Outpatient Assessment
… there still remains no standard nutritional assessment. The purpose of this dissertation was to (1) identify the incidence of malnutrition in patients with compensated and decompensated liver disease utilizing defined nutritional parameters (Subjective Global Assessment, anthropometric …
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Quantitative Ultrasound Characterization and Monitoring of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
Traditional assessment of tumour response to cancer therapy is based on tumour size reduction, which takes several weeks to become clinically significant. In this thesis, novel ultrasound backscatter signal analysis and machine learning techniques were developed to characterize breast tumours and …
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An Evaluation of a Nursing Leadership Simulation Experience Using Multitrait Multimethod Matrix
… and patient care management) across four assessment methods (multiple-choice tests--MCT, oral questioning-- OQ, high fidelity--HFS, and low fidelity simulation--LFS). Using a correlational descriptive design a 21-item MCT exam, a 21-item oral question instrument, a patient care HFS, and …
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Identifying the Impact of Injury Definition and Training Load on the Study of Jumper’s Knee
… to more conventional time-loss definitions. An assessment of known risk factors, including a measure of jumping load, was completed with the more sensitive overuse injury capture. Although no risk factor was found to significantly predict injury outcome, several methodological challenges were …
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Teaching with Technology in an Agriculture Associate's Degree Program
… guided practice. Finally, as an alternative to traditional assessment, it is recommended that faculty members in the program encourage students to work with technology outside of class to create videos or podcasts to illustrate what they are learning.
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