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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"classroom assessments"”.
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Fair or Unfair? Chinese Undergraduates’ Perceptions of College Classroom Assessments
… aimed to extend the research on fairness in classroom assessment by examining undergraduates’ fairness perceptions of and their emotional and behavioral responses to college classroom settings in relation to personal justice beliefs and fairness dimensions at a private university in China. …
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Test anxiety: effects on standardized testing, average classroom assessments, and fourth grade students
… effects of both standardized testing and average classroom assessments on the levels of test anxiety. The study was a correlation study. with a sample of 42 fourth grade students. The students came from four separate classrooms within the same elementary school. This study adapted Wren and …
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Instructional decisions guided by student performance: the case of an exemplary elementary science teacher
… how an exemplary elementary teacher used classroom assessments to inform instructional decisions during the act of science teaching. Within the axioms of a naturalistic inquiry (see Chapter 3), a “bounded system” (Merriam, 2009) case study was used to conceptualize this inquiry: one …
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The Influence of Teachers' Instructional Practices on Student Motivation in Different Assessment Contexts
… tests are considerably different from regular classroom assessments in format, usage, and meaning. Therefore, teachers are likely to approach the preparation for standardized testing differently than that for regular classroom assessments, with possible implications for students’ motivation in …
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An investigation of the effects grade retention has on students' academic performance
… delaying school entry, and employing various classroom assessments to improve students' academic performance. However, more research is the key to its effectiveness.</p>
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The Use of Formative Instructional Practices to Improve Student Performance
… of Formative Instructional Practices (FIP) in classroom settings located in a large urban school district. Research indicates that using formative assessment can increase student achievement; however, professional learning of such practices is needed (Frey & Fisher, 2013; Harrison, O’Hara & …
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IMPACTS OF PROMOTING FAMILY LITERACY KNOWLEDGE: A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER’S UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO CONTINUE PROMOTING FAMILY LITERACY
… at home. The researcher conducted a year-long classroom inquiry including regular classroom assessments as well as district assessments to examine alphabet knowledge skills. Students were assessed at the beginning of the school year in September to see their base-line abilities in early …
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Preparing Teachers Who Can Effectively Assess Students with Disabilities
This qualitative interview study examined the classroom assessment knowledge and beliefs of five recent graduates of the University of New Mexico Special Education Dual License Program (SEDLP). Research questions were designed to gain an understanding in three areas. First, in what ways did recent …
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Student Culture and Classroom Assessment Practices
… grades four and five, reported about their classroom assessments, culture and student learning. This study also inquired whether these teachers said they used formative assessment. The research question was: What do dual language elementary school teachers report that they do and how do they …
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Assessment in the Hands-On Science Classroom: A Qualitative Study.
… is driven by what teachers and pupils do in the classroom" (p. 139). Their analogy of the classroom as a "black box" created the impetus for this study. The study was designed to peer inside this black box in an effort to identify and examine how third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade school teachers …
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Classroom Assessment in Malawi: Teachers' Perceptions and Practices in Mathematics
This study investigated teachers' perceptions of classroom assessment in mathematics and their current classroom assessments practices. Specifically, the study sought to gain an understanding of the extent to which teachers use different classroom assessment methods and tools to understand and to …
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Estimating the reliability and validity of concept mapping as a tool to assess prior knowledge
… to the multiple-choice test developed by the classroom instructor. It may be that concept mapping is no less reliable and valid than other forms of classroom assessments. Nonetheless, the concept mapping procedure used in this study can not be recommend as a practical measure of students’ …
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Assessing Student Learning with Technology: A Descriptive Study of Technology-Using Teacher Practice and Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
… testing. Although the computer-based assessments were intended to assist teachers in designing classroom assessments and using student data to inform instructional practice, teacher-reported data indicated that the areas in which teachers are most unprepared, lack confidence, or are in …
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Implementing a District -Wide Professional Development Initiative: What It Means to Educate for the 21st Century
… impact teachers' examinations and revisions of assessments, curricula, and instructional activities? (2) How does a district-wide PD initiative focused on educating students for the 21st Century impact three 10th Grade English teachers' examinations and revisions of their literature curricula …
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Designing an Authentic Assessment of Elementary Citizenship Competency Through Real-World Democratic Deliberation
… their assessment literacy in how to design classroom assessments of competency. Teachers who aim to plan classroom assessment and instruction to support their students as they learn democracy together (Biesta & Lawy, 2006) will not find a cohesive, useful framework operationalizing what the …