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Direct linkPerrin, Charles L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
The disadvantages of the usual linear least-squares analysis of first- and second-order kinetic data are described, and nonlinear least-squares fitting is recommended as an alternative.
Descriptors: Kinetics, Least Squares Statistics, Alternative Assessment, Goodness of Fit
Download full textZeiser, Kristina; Scholz, Carrie; Cirks, Victoria – American Institutes for Research, 2018
Student agency, or the ability to manage one's learning, can have significant effects on academic achievement as students take an active role in seeking and internalizing new knowledge. Students who believe that knowledge can grow over time perform better on IQ tests than students who believe intelligence is invariable (Cury, Elliot, Da Fonseca,…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Individual Power, Educational Strategies, High School Students
Castillo, Jose M.; Dedrick, Robert F.; Stockslager, Kevin M.; March, Amanda L.; Hines, Constance V.; Tan, Sim Yin – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2015
This article presents information on the development and initial validation of the 16-item Response to Intervention (RTI) Beliefs Scale. The scale is designed to measure the extent to which educators working in schools hold beliefs consistent with the tenets of RTI. The authors administered the instrument to 2,430 educators in 62 elementary…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Teacher Attitudes, Test Construction, Test Validity
OECD Publishing, 2014
The "PISA 2012 Technical Report" describes the methodology underlying the PISA 2012 survey, which tested 15-year-olds' competencies in mathematics, reading and science and, in some countries, problem solving and financial literacy. It examines the design and implementation of the project at a level of detail that allows researchers to…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
Secolsky, Charles, Ed.; Denison, D. Brian, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Increased demands for colleges and universities to engage in outcomes assessment for accountability purposes have accelerated the need to bridge the gap between higher education practice and the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation. The "Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education" provides higher…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Teacher Effectiveness
Shawer, Saad – Curriculum Journal, 2010
This investigation examined the influence of EFL student teacher self-regulation of learning (SRL) on their curricular content-knowledge and course-design skills. Positivism guided this study at the levels of: ontology (one form of reality); epistemology (detachment from the subjects); and methodology, using nomothetic research strategy (causal…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Protocol Analysis, Achievement Tests, Data Analysis
Groome, Agnes Jean – Saskatchewan Journal of Educational Research and Development, 1974
This investigation is concerned with the quality of classroom tests which were devised by senior university students in an education class on tests and measurement in social studies. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Definitions, Measurement Instruments, Social Studies
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
SCHWAGER, SIDNEY – 1967
IN THIS REPORT THE UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS (UFT) ANALYZES SPECIFIC DATA FROM THE CENTER FOR URBAN EDUCATION'S (CUE) NEGATIVE EVALUATION OF NEW YORK CITY'S MORE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS (MES) PROGRAM AND CHARGES THAT CUE'S CONCLUSIONS ARE INVALID. THE UFT MAINTAINS THAT SINCE 18 OF THE 21 MES WERE FORMER SPECIAL SERVICE (SS) SCHOOLS, CUE SHOULD HAVE…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Arithmetic, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
Marliave, Richard S.; And Others – 1977
Time coding forms, rating scales, interview schedules, and a questionnaire were developed for use in the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study, a project designed to evaluate teaching effectiveness as demonstrated by student achievement in second and fifth grade reading and mathematics. The forms used to record data and the manuals detailing the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
ABELSON, HAROLD H.; DIAMOND, LORRAINE K. – 1967
TO INVESTIGATE STUDENT TEACHERS' SELF PERCEIVED CHANGES IN THEIR MASTERY OF CURRICULUM CONTENT AND TEACHING METHODS, 313 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJORS WERE ADMINISTERED A SELF RATING OF MASTERY SCHEDULE AT SIX POINTS FROM THE START OF THE FIRST COURSE IN EDUCATION TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND YEAR OF TEACHING. THE SCHEDULE LISTED 8 CURRICULUM…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies, Rating Scales
Lalor, Janice Marie – 1981
This paper discusses a study undertaken to analyze pre-and posttest scores of junior high and high school students involved in an aging education unit. Objectives were to determine whether a unit on aging helped students relate to aging as part of the life cycle and to assess the success of different modes of instruction (i.e. independent study,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Attitude Measures, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
McDonald, Frederick, J.; Elias, Patricia – 1976
Significant relationships were found between how teachers teach and how much children learn in reading and mathematics. The study's purpose was to relate classroom observations of experienced elementary school teachers' interactions with their students to changes in the pupils' performance on various measures of reading and mathematical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Analysis
Crawford, W. John; And Others – 1975
Pearson correlation coefficients between first and second year classroom process data from the Texas Teacher Effectiveness Project are presented. These data are from 19 second and third grade teachers whose classrooms were observed during two consecutive school years. The stability of classroom behaviors varied greatly across the two years.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques
