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Postgraduate Student Satisfaction: A Multilevel Analysis of PTES Data
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Muijs, Daniel; Bokhove, Christian – British Educational Research Journal, 2017
Student satisfaction has received growing attention in Higher Education systems in recent years, and are increasingly used for internal and external accountability in the sector. This does leave us with questions on the extent to which variance in student satisfaction can be explained by Higher Education Institution (HEI) and course attended…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Satisfaction, Postdoctoral Education, Multivariate Analysis
Tensions between Knowledge Transmission and Student-Focused Teaching Approaches to Assessment Purposes: Helping Students Improve through Transmission
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Chen, Junjun; Brown, Gavin T. L. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
This study surveyed 1064 Chinese school teachers' approaches to teaching and conceptions of assessment, and examined their inter-relationship using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Three approaches to teaching (i.e. Knowledge Transmission, Student-Focused, and Examination Preparation) and six conceptions of assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Improvement, Accountability, Factor Analysis
A Pathway to Educational Accountability: The Relationship between Effective School Characteristics and Student Achievement
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Günal, Yurdagül; Demirtasli, R. Nükhet – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The aim of this study is to determine perceptions of secondary school students towards effectiveness of their school in terms of effective school characteristics such as "Secure and Regular Environment," "High Academic Expectations," "Instructional Leadership," "Learning Opportunities," "Monitoring…
Descriptors: Accountability, Institutional Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Instructional Leadership
Chinese Preservice Teachers' Beliefs about Assessment
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Chen, Junjun; Cowie, Bronwen – Educational Practice and Theory, 2016
This study investigated the responses of 531 preservice teachers to a "Beliefs About Assessment" questionnaire in China. The questionnaire focused on understanding the purposes, practices and principles of assessment for and of learning. Using factor analysis, an inter-correlated two-order model fitted well to the responses. This model…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires
Effects of the Four Pillars on Statewide High School Graduation Rates
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Daniel, Harry M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study investigated the relationship of statewide high school graduation rates of student ethnic groups from 2002 to 2006 to the four policy pillars of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001: Accountability for Results; Expanded Flexibility and Local Control; Expanded Options for Parents, Strengthening Teacher Quality. The quantitative,…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Graduation Rate, Ethnic Groups, Accountability
Teachers' Autonomy in Today's Educational Climate: Current Perceptions from an Acceptable Instrument
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Strong, Luman E. G.; Yoshida, Roland K. – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2014
This research evaluated the psychometric properties of Friedman's (1999) Teacher Work-Autonomy Scale (TWA) to determine whether it was an acceptable instrument to measure U.S. teacher autonomy in the present educational context. A second purpose was to ascertain the current status of teachers' perceptions of their autonomy from a sample of U.S.…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Rating Scales, Context Effect, Measures (Individuals)
The Practice of Institutional Research. Proceedings of a Joint Conference of the Southern Association for Institutional Research and the North Carolina Association for Institutional Research (Charlotte, North Carolina, October 29-30, 1981).
Martin, Mary P., Ed.; Staman, E. Michael, Ed. – 1981
Proceedings of a 1981 joint conference sponsored by the Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR) and the North Carolina Association for Institutional Research are presented. The conference theme was the practice of institutional research. Contents include preconference workshop reports, speeches, abstracts of papers, and reports of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Planning