This paper explores Indonesian secondary school teachers' conceptions of assessment in the context of assessment reform. Teachers working at different school level were interviewed both individually and in groups and their responses were analysed using the content analysis approach. Detailed examination of teachers' assessment propositions…

The purpose of this research was to design a course based on the design-based learning (DBL) model to improve undergraduates' web design skills, and to explore the differences in learning effectiveness of students with different levels of knowledge integration. The quasi-experimental design was adopted in this study. Ninety-two participants…

An important issue in the teaching of writing is whether students should prepare a plan before they start writing. Teacher guides generally recommend pre-task planning (PTP) but with provisos. Research that has investigated PTP, however, does not lend unconditional support to PTP. This article takes a look at the research and draws from it a…

Background: Although some researchers have applied both cooperation and competition in the practice of robotics education, most of these practices were not systematic, and there was no integration design for intra-group cooperation and inter-group competition. Objectives: The study aims to examine the effects of different coopetition designs on…

The paper introduces a tool for analyzing the teaching venue (where and how the teaching happens) of science teachers, called Strands of Science Teaching (SST). Its construction was by analogy to the Strands of science Learning, a set of categories of analysis for the science teaching. Based on the concepts of Learning by Inquiry, the aspects of…

Institutions and universities have started using e-learning systems to reach the potential students from all over the world by decreasing costs of investments. The speed of technological developments increases the importance of e-learning systems and their technology-based components. E-learning systems also decrease the costs of both institutions…

Instructors in medical and health fields have long used experiential learning activities to complement traditional methods of teaching. The following details a scenario developed for a health communication course that simulates a plague outbreak and requires students to draw from best practice related to crisis and emergency risk communication,…

This small-scale research project explored the perceived impact which selective mutism (SM) training, delivered by an educational psychologist (EP), had on school practitioners' understanding of the condition and their subsequent professional practice. Three teachers were interviewed and a thematic analysis elicited four superordinate themes.…

College and university disciplinary proceedings are a valuable opportunity to provide learning and growth experiences for students outside the classroom. In the United States, disciplinary procedures are outlined and guided by case law and state and federal legislation. This guidance does not offer recommendations or requirements for student…

Justification has received an increased emphasis in more recent years and is considered an essential component of mathematical reasoning and sense making. Despite its importance to school mathematics, the practice of engaging students in constructing justifications remains a hurdle for teachers. This mixed methods research study explores the…

There is a clear need for an operational framework that captures the difficulty of implementing culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) and supports teachers to imagine new forms of pedagogy. In this report, we present the Iceberg of Culturally Relevant Mathematics and Science Pedagogy (CRMSP), a tool, grounded in the tenets of CRP, that delineates…

Research indicates that vocabulary development--linked to conceptual growth and comprehension--predicts student academic achievement throughout the elementary, middle, and high school grades. Intelligence increases as vocabulary continues to develop. The iSpy program provides high-quality, content-rich classroom books, learning manipulatives, and…

Assessment policy reform has led to the adoption of a "participatory" framework of assessment in South African higher education. Using a Foucauldian theoretical lens, this article explores the relation between participatory assessment practices in higher education and social control. Empirical evidence is drawn from assessment practices…

Phonological awareness (PA) is a word that has recently gained currency in the field of early literacy instruction. There is a large corpus of research on how to teach PA to young language learners. In spite of these relevant data, there is a dearth of literacy information on PA in Arabic, especially targeting Saudi students. The focus of this…

The purpose of the study was to examine the prevalence, type and frequency of supervision provided to school counsellors, as well as to map experienced counsellors' expectations of the supervisor. The research question guiding this study was: What is the platform, type and frequency of supervision provided to school counsellors, and what are…