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Direct linkKershaw, Maxine Y. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
There is confusion among teachers in a school district in a southeastern state about the instructional use of the state-mandated Dominie assessment for word-level reading and phonemic awareness skills for kindergarten and first-grade students. Recent assessment data indicated that 20% of students tested in kindergarten and first grade needed…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Phonemic Awareness
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Download full textAvci, Süleyman; Akinoglu, Orhan – International Journal of Instruction, 2014
The present study tries to find out how often teachers in Istanbul employ the methods, techniques, materials, contents and assessment instruments that are preferred within the scope of differentiated instruction, as well as the variables that influence their choices. The results of the research indicate that teachers more frequently use specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Attitudes
Wamsley, Lori H. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Online learning has grown exponentially within higher education in the past decade, especially at community colleges. As online course offerings expand community colleges need to assess student learning in order to ensure quality learning experiences for students and for accreditation purposes. The purpose of this study was to compare the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Electronic Learning, Conventional Instruction
Gyamtso, Deki; Maxwell, T. W. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2012
In Bhutan relatively few studies at the higher education level have been done and fewer still reported in international journals. This pilot study highlights the present practices and culture of teaching and learning at one of the teacher education colleges of the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB). It looks broadly across the issues of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Qualitative Research, Student Evaluation, Focus Groups
Vallance, Michael; Martin, Stewart; Wiz, Charles; van Schaik, Paul – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2010
Science education is concerned with the meaningful pursuit of comprehension, knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes. In Vygotskian social constructivist learning, personal interpretation, decision-making and community cooperation fosters long-term understanding and transference of learned concepts. The construction of…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Science Instruction, Science Education, Computer Simulation
Treadwell, Julie Wilson – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The problem is that 5th-grade students are not achieving sufficient writing scores on Georgia state-mandated writing assessments, which the researcher hypothesized was due to the teacher-directed instructional approach utilized at the school. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to determine whether discovery learning, a method based on the…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, Focus Groups, Discovery Learning, Writing Processes
Baxter Magolda, Marcia B.; King, Patricia M. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2012
In this monograph, the authors identify milestones in the journey toward self-authorship based on the theoretical work of Kegan (1982, 1994) and Baxter Magolda (2001b, 2008, 2009a), as well as the empirical findings from Baxter Magolda's longitudinal study (2001b, 2009a) and the qualitative longitudinal portion of the Wabash National Study of…
Descriptors: Self Actualization, Liberal Arts, College Students, Student Development
Wang, Jing-Ru; Lin, Sheau-Wen – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
The purpose of the study was to describe the development and application of an instrument to identify various dimensions of the learning environment, as perceived by elementary and middle school students in Taiwan. The instrument, the New Constructivist Learning Environment Scales, includes four dimensions: attitude concerning instruction,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Comprehension
Ogan-Bekiroglu, Feral – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2008
Various methods have been performed to identify teachers' attitudes towards assessment. Recognizing the idea that mapping is one of the most efficient tools, this study was aimed to investigate the effectiveness of attitude maps in the evaluation of teachers' attitudes towards assessment. The instrument, composed of open-ended questions, was…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Maclellan, Effie – Higher Education Research and Development, 2004
This study was an exploration of the extent to which higher education tutors' perceptions of assessment were consistent with the construct of authenticity. Depth interviews with 12 academics sought views on what might constitute desirable assessment tasks and scoring methods to use with students. Summaries of transcribed interviews suggested that…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Performance Based Assessment
Fiedler, Rebecca L.; Mullen, Laurie; Finnegan, Margaret – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2009
Portfolio authoring tools within teacher preparation institutions have changed dramatically as portfolios have moved from paper to electronic formats and now to the Web. This study used Engestrom's Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (1987) to examine how portfolio tools, along with external influences and institutional contexts, mediate the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Accreditation (Institutions), Interviews, Student Attitudes
Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun; Roche, Val – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2004
This paper presents a new constructivist model of knowledge development in a case study that illustrates how a group of postgraduate students defined and evaluated effective postgraduate supervision. This new model is based on "personal construct theory" and "repertory grid technology" which is combined with interviews and group discussion. It is…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Research and Development, Group Discussion, Formative Evaluation
