Author: Marina SiegelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Is There a Discrepancy Between Teachers' Perceptions and Practice Regarding the Use of a Assessment for Learning?
Author: Marina SiegelAssessment as Learning
Author: Lorna M. EarlPublisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1452242976
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
This is a book for teachers and school leaders on formative assessment i.e., assessment as learning where assessment occurs throughout the learning process to inform learning as opposed to assessment that occurs at the end of a learning unit to measure what students have learned (summative assessment). Formative assessment emphasizes the role of the student, not only as a contributor to the assessment and learning process, but the critical connector between them. It defines assessment of learning, assessment for learning and assessment as learning, making a case for assessment as learning. It addresses assessment in the context of what learning is. It shows how to use formative assessment to motivate student learning, help students make connections so that they move from emergent to proficient, extend their learning and to help them become reflective self-regulators of their own learning. It explores how teachers can make the shift to formative assessment by engaging in conceptual change.
Formative Assessment Improving Learning in Secondary Classrooms
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264007415
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This study features a collection of eight case studies of exemplary cases from secondary schools as well as international literature reviews and policy analysis related to formative assessment.
Teachers' Stance Towards Learning Disabilities
Author: Jung Gyung SungPublisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3825817873
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Teachers' ways of thinking and understanding affect the way in which they shape their teaching practice. Knowing the beliefs and perceptions behind teacher action give us valuable insights into what occurs in the classroom. On the example of Korea, this book investigates the stance (Haltung) that teachers - particularly special education teachers - take about how and why their students are failing and how they might be helped.
Teachers' Perception of Their Grading Practices by Experience, Training, and State-Assessed Effectiveness
Author: Jeremy David HinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The literature reveals a century-long acknowledgement of inconsistency within the grading process. Although scholars and practitioners ackowledge this inconsistency, teachers' subjective judgements continue to be a large factor when determining students' grades. The literature also highlights practitioners' lack of voice regarding the subject of grades. Through the use of surveys given to K-12 public educators, this research attempts to give voice to these practitioners. This research examined teachers' perceptions of their classroom grading practices. The researcher was interested in analyzing the relationships between effective teachers' thoughts on classroom assessment. Comparisons were made about teachers' on factors such as teacher effectiveness, training, and years of experience. Approximately 240 teachers were surveyed concerning their perceptions of prevailing grading practices. Data identifying teachers' perceptions of the prevailing grading practice have been securely collected, studied, and analyzed. The data has been analyzed using Pearson's Chi-Square Goodnees-of-Fit test. The Pearson's Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit test compares an anticipated frequency to an actual frequency. In order to calculate chi-square goodness-of-fit, the researcher must develop the null hypothesis in which no statistical significance exists. The researcher must also determine a significance level, in this case 0.5, to determine if there are any data that render statistically significant results for an alternate hypothesis. The results of interest have been divided into three sections: highly effective teachers, formal assessments, and effort in grading. Highly effective teachers believe that students' grades are a reflection of their own instructional effectiveness. These results are similar to the Irreplaceables study conducted in 2012. Formal assessment training made no discernible difference in teachers' perception of grading. These results are interesting and highlight that higher education curriculum might not have the impact to affect change needed to the grading process. The majority of participants (79.8%) surveyed tended to agree with the fact that they considered student effort when grading. Researchers have argued that this is a questionable practice. They cite the fact that the perception of student effort is difficult to measure and varies from teacher to teacher.
Discrepancies Between Students' and Teachers' Ratings of Instructional Practice: A Way to Measure Classroom Intuneness and Evaluate Teaching Quality
Author: Daniel Milo DocktermanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Student surveys have gained prominence in recent years as a way to give students a voice in their learning process, and teacher self-reports have always been an effective instrument for revealing the planning, intentions, and expectations behind a given lesson. Though student and teacher surveys are widely used, extant research in education has primarily treated these ratings as separate sources of evidence. Little research in education has directly compared student and teacher reports or examined the potential predictive quality of teacher-student perceptual discrepancy. However, inconsistencies or "discrepancies" in perceptions across constructs has a rich history in organizational psychology and psychopathology. Using similarly-worded student and teacher survey items from the Quality Assessment in Science (QAS) Surveys, this dissertation explores whether the degree and direction of perceptional congruence may be revealing of instructional practice and teaching quality. Two principal research topics were investigated: 1) What are the various methods one can use to measure discrepancy between student and teacher ratings within classrooms? 2) How do these different methods of examining discrepancy between student and teacher ratings perform for different purposes? The first research question was investigated within classrooms, principally by computing "unstandardized differences in means" measuring perceptual discrepancy between students and teachers. These unstandardized differences in means were used in conjunction with other scoring measures and plots of student and teacher item responses to investigate whether perceptual discrepancy is greater for some classes and some instructional practices. The second research question was investigated by comparing how the discrepancy rankings of classrooms and instructional practices changed depending on the employed method of discrepancy. Teaching is complex and, consequently, as many measures as possible should be used to capture its multidimensionality. Considering the views of students in tandem with the views of their teachers may allow teaching quality to be examined through a wider lens. That is, perceptual discrepancies may act as a barometer for the synchronous relationship or "intuneness" between students and teachers. The results of this dissertation suggest analyzing student and teacher perceptions together can help researchers better understand and differentiate quality practice, thereby providing constructive feedback to teachers.
Resources in Education
Author: Special Educational Needs, Inclusion And Diversity
Author: Cline, TonyPublisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 0335221467
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Special Educational Needs, Inclusion and Diversity is the definitive handbook for student teachers, newly qualified teachers, trainee educational psychologists, SENCO's and SEN Specialist Teachers.
Evidence-informed reasoning of pre- and in-service teachers
Author: Ingo KollarPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832523773
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Developing Student Autonomy in Learning
Author: Boud, DavidPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136616659
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
First Published in 1987. The assumption about the purpose of education, to which the authors of this book subscribe, is that it is to produce autonomous lifelong learners. This book is about a very important goal of education and how it can be translated into practice. It concerns ways in which teachers in higher education can enable students to become more autonomous in their learning; that is, assist students to learn more effectively without the constant presence or intervention of a teacher.