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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"summative assessments"”.
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Retaking Summative Assessments at the High School Level
… all students learn the state standards. Allowing summative assessment retakes was one of the methods that many teachers chose to implement in order to help students succeed in the classroom. The purpose of this study was to determine whether an association exists between whether a student …
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Web-based portfolio assessment : An open source solution for platform design
Summative assessments of student writing performance have been instrumental in the evaluation of student ability and analysis of educational programs. One method used to perform summative assessments of writing performance in post-secondary education is through the evaluation of student portfolios. …
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Daily Metacognitive Questioning Sheets: Implementing Metacognitive Strategies in the Secondary Classroom
… by the same teacher and given the same summative assessments during the study. One class received the metacognitive questioning sheets daily for two units, and one class received the questioning sheets for only one unit. The results indicated that there was a statistically significant …
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Summative assessment practices of Solomon Islands year nine science teachers
… 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 explored the teachers’ existing summative assessment practices with the intent to understand how their views and knowledge of the summative …
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Impact of Reading Ability on Academic Performance at the Primary Level
… The mathematics performance was based on summative assessments conducted at intervals during the 2011-2012 academic year as well as the results from the STAR test. Results indicated that a correlation did exist between reading and mathematics performance at the early elementary level when …
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Writing to learn in math class: a case study of a middle-school unit on geometry
… her reflections. Finally, results of short summative assessments were also collected for analysis. Data from these four sources were coded by the teacher-researcher and an off-site collaborator. The results of the study suggest that writing to learn can improve learning outcomes among middle …
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AWARE: Analyzing the Impact of an Anti-Human Trafficking Advocacy Curriculum using Sixth Grade Students in Colorado
… of the Aware Curriculum through formative and summative assessments, classroom observation, and diagnostic written assessments to gauge knowledge, comprehension of key concepts, and student thought processes about anti-trafficking advocacy.</p>
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Knowledge in Accounting: Using a threshold concept lens to identify knowledge of financial instruments in an Accounting course, as experienced by students at a South African university
… Evidence from a general survey, interviews and summative assessments conducted with students registered for an Accounting course shows that exposure to the threshold concepts resulted in troublesome knowledge and/or transformed understanding. Identifying the threshold concepts could make …
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Using Manipulatives to Investigate ESOL Students' Achievement and Dispositions in Algebra
… Linear and Exponential Functions Summative Assessments (pretest and posttest) to measure mathematics achievement. The one-way ANOVA uncovered no statistically significant difference between the control group and treatment group as they explored linear and exponential functions. The …
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Presence verification for summative e-assessments
… into online environments. The<br/>online summative assessment is a high-stake examination which counts towards a final course mark. Thus, as a result of the important consequences of such summative tests,<br/>security measures are put in place to ensure that only the ‘right’ students are …
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A Pedagogical Approach to Create and Assess Domain-Specific Data Science Learning Materials in the Biomedical Sciences
… a backwards design approach using formative and summative assessments to curate, plan, and assess domain-specific data science workshop materials for short term and long term efficacy. (3) pilot and identify at how to manage real-time feedback within a data coding teaching session to drive better …
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Reflective practices for veterinary nurses
… feedback to be provided in preparation for summative assessments. Finally, to use reflective practices within our vet nursing school to enable educators to become comfortable teaching this to our learners so they can take this learning out into veterinary practice.
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Shaping up for success : a qualitative case study on the impact of using interactive radar graphs on workplace-based assessment practices for pharmacy interns in Ireland
… checklist by a tutor as part of formative and summative assessments during training. This leads to the generation of large numbers of ratings which may prove challenging to interpret. This thesis aimed to explore how a novel information visualisation tool (Visualisation Tool) designed to …
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Characteristics of Contemporary U.S. Progressive Middle Schools
… learning is assessed through formative assessments (progress with feedback) versus summative assessments (grade or percentage scores), Student learning is based upon discovery through an independent learning process, Small group student interaction creates learning opportunities; …
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Development of a Method to Measure Clinical Reasoning in Pediatric Residents: The Pediatric Script Concordance Test
… and refinement may soon be ready to pilot within summative assessments in pediatric medical education.
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Exploring Pupil-Perceptions of Computer-Mediated Standardized Assessments
… to take their Smarter Balanced Standardized Assessments (SBAC) in English Language Arts and Mathematics. The study began in 2015, the first year in which SBAC was administered to students across California and other states, at four different settings in one local unified high school district. …
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Differential Outcomes: causes and pedagogical responses
… to be vulnerable to ‘differential outcomes’ in summative assessments. The students were studying on undergraduate degree courses in the Education department at a college of Further Education in south London. The research was informed by my professional role as director of higher education and I …
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Korean middle- and high-school math teachers' understanding of formative assessment: an interview study
… were able to distinguish between formative and summative assessments. In teachers’ own words, summative assessment was defined as follows: (a) it is an overall evaluation of students’ academic achievement; (b) it is conducted in the final stage of major instructional periods, such as when a …
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From Poverty to Purpose: Equalizing Opportunities for Economically Disadvantaged Students
… How do participants describe using formative and summative assessments to support the academic success of economically disadvantaged students? (c) How do participants describe learning experiences that facilitate the academic success of economically disadvantaged students? (d) How do participants …
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The use of Mixed Reality in medical education: an evaluation of feasibility, usability and learning efficacy
… of tutorial assessment) and (ii) end-of-year summative assessment of related topics. 3. To evaluate the feasibility, usability and efficacy of using the Microsoft HoloLens 2 to deliver procedural tutorials on peripheral intravenous cannula insertion to medical students in a remote location. 4. …
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