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Direct linkFauskanger, Janne – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2015
Mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) measures have been widely adopted by researchers. Critics have debated the value of such measures and questioned the type of knowledge that these access. This article reports on a study where the challenges in measuring teachers' knowledge were illuminated through investigating relationships between the…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Competency Testing, Evaluation Problems, Multiple Choice Tests
Wesolowski, Brian C. – Music Educators Journal, 2012
A primary difficulty with music performance assessment is managing its subjective nature. To help improve objectivity, rubrics can be used to develop a set of guidelines for clearly assessing student performance. Moreover, rubrics serve as documentation for student achievement that provides music teachers with a written form of accountability.…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Guidelines, Music Teachers, Scoring Rubrics
Cummings, Rhoda; Maddux, Cleborne D.; Richmond, Aaron – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2008
Increasingly, institutions of higher education are required to evaluate student progress and programme effectiveness through implementation of performance assessment practices. Faculty members frequently resist performance assessment because of concerns that assessment activities will increase workloads, reduce time for scholarly activities,…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedWinter, Richard; Griffiths, Morwenna; Green, Kath – Studies in Higher Education, 2000
A questionnaire to Ph.D. examiners across disciplines explored criteria appropriate for evaluating practice-based doctoral dissertations, in particular by collecting a core vocabulary of terms. Negative criteria included the lack of: intellectual grasp, coherence, engagement with the literature, originality, and generalizability, along with…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Stephens, Max, Ed.; Izard, John, Ed. – 1992
The purpose of the Australian conference on mathematical assessment was to address the challenges to traditional methods of assessment that have resulted as part of the call for reform in the mathematics curriculum. The 28 papers presented were: "Who Assesses Whom and To What Purpose?" (Leone Burton; "Assessment of the Learned…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Download full textDowd, Alicia C. – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2005
This report reviews the benchmarking practices that are presently being used at community colleges. It introduces the concept of a "culture of inquiry" as a means for judging their potential value. It classifies benchmarking efforts among three types--performance, diagnostic, and process--and characterizes each by its typical use. The…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Community Colleges, Value Judgment, College Outcomes Assessment
Thomson, P.; Saunders, J.; Foyster, J. – 2001
A study was conducted to review the concept of validity in the context of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. The study included a review of literature, case studies, presentation of key findings, and recommendation of a tool to guide assessors. An eight-faceted approach to validity, based on Nitko, was developed, with each…
Descriptors: Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests, Definitions, Developed Nations
