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Denizli, Zeynep Akkurt; Erdogan, Abdulkadir – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2018
This study aimed to develop a three-dimensional geometric thinking test to determine the geometric thinking of early graders in the paper-pencil environment. First, we determined the components of three-dimensional geometric thinking and prepared questions for each component. Then, we conducted the pilot studies of the test at three stages in six…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Spatial Ability, Teaching Methods
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Carrió-Pastor, María Luisa; Martín Marchante, Beatriz – International Journal of English Studies, 2018
The work at hand is part of a wider study the aim of which was to determine what kind of factors influence failures in pragmatic items of an online adaptive placement test taken by a group of 34 Spanish students in their first year at university. A preceding analysis (Carrió & Martín, 2016) showed the type of personal factors, such as lack of…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Test Items, Language Tests, College Freshmen
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Stefanski, Katherine M.; Gardner, Grant E.; Seipelt-Thiemann, Rebecca L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
Concept inventories (CIs) are valuable tools for educators that assess student achievement and identify misconceptions held by students. Results of student responses can be used to adjust or develop new instructional methods for a given topic. The regulation of gene expression in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes is an important concept in genetics…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students
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Palacio, Marcela; Gaviria, Sandra; Brown, James Dean – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2016
Frustrations with traditional testing led a group of teachers at the English for adults program at Universidad EAFIT (Colombia) to design tests aligned with the institutional teaching philosophy and classroom practices. This article reports on a study of an item-by-item evaluation of a series of English exams for validity and reliability in an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kalayci, Nurdan; Cimen, Orhan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The aim of this study is to examine the questionnaires used to evaluate teaching performance in higher education institutes and called "Instructor and Course Evaluation Questionnaires (ICEQ)" in terms of questionnaire preparation techniques and components of curriculum. Obtaining at least one ICEQ belonging to any state and private…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Questionnaires, Learning Processes
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Gnanamuthu, J. Samuel; Krishnakumar, R. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2009
There are indications that the new technologies could have radical implications for conventional teaching and learning processes. It notes that, in reconfiguring how teachers and learners gain access to knowledge and information, the new technologies challenge conventional conceptions of both teaching and learning materials, and teaching and…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Teaching Methods, Global Approach, Teacher Education