...student feedback and leadership a report on the 2006 leadership for excellence in learning and teaching project (le67) developing Multi-level leadership in the use of student feedback to enhance student learning and teaching practice http://emedia.rmit.edu.au/altclgp/ 2009 Project Leader Professor James Barber – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Project Manager Associate Professor Sandra Jones – Director Learning & Teaching Unit Project Officer Brenda Novak ISBN 978-1-921426-36-0 Student Feedback and Leadership A Report on the 2006 Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Project (LE67): Developing Multi-Level Leadership in the Use of Student Feedback to Enhance Student Learning and Teaching Practice 2009 Project Leader Professor James Barber - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Project Manager Associate Professor Sandra Jones – Director Learning & Teaching Unit Project Officer Brenda Novak Report written by: Associate Professor Sandra Jones and Brenda Novak. Case studies written by: Dr Mali Abdollahian, Ian McBean, Geoff Outhred, Dr Kate Westberg. Photographs - Copyright © 2009 RMIT University Photographers Margund Sallowsky and Kate Ebbot unless otherwise stated. ISBN 978-1-921426-36-0 Support for this project has been provided by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council, an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect...
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...However e-learning is not a panacea [20]. There are inherent problems that need to be addressed like lack of face-to-face interaction of faculty and students and the responsibility of learning now shifted to the learners. Also the faculty’s role changed to content providers and facilitator of learning. The students, faculties and educators should equip themselves to adapt to new roles to harness the benefits of using Technology in education. Many research studies highlight the inadequacies in e-learning systems resulting in disengagement of students from the learning process [1]. The researchers are skeptical about the self directed abilities of learners and report that research gap exists towards finding solutions to these problems [11]. This paper introduces a self regulating e-learning framework that provides solutions to the problems discussed. It is based on a Continuous Improvement Model as proposed by Deming who was instrumental for introducing TQM, a quality management concept in USA and Japan in the post war world. The Model facilitates faculties to design and deploy their course content in an e-learning website. Provisions are given to collect and analyze feedbacks...
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...1.0: Introduction Writing is one of the most crucial aspects in language learning. It is not an easy task as it seems as writing is actually a process; and it is the teachers’ responsibilities to help students becoming good writers. According to Hedge (2005), writing process consists of four stages that are ‘Composing’, ‘Communicating’, ‘Crafting’ and ‘Improving’ (pp. 17). Therefore, this essay presents the main principles that underlie in activities that assist learners at these different stages in the writing process which is designed by Tricia Hedge in her book, ‘Writing’ (2005). This paper will start with a discussion about the first stage of writing that is ‘Composing’, and continue with another stage which is ‘Communicating’. ‘Crafting’ will be explained next, and finally, the last stage which is ‘Improving’ will be addressed. Additionally, an example of activity will be illustrated in each section. 2.0: Composing Composing is a stage that ‘takes a writer from pre-writing to polishing a final draft for a specific purpose and a particular audience’ (pp. 81). Hedge believes that good writing is often recursive, and not linear where various operations take place simultaneously throughout writing process. There are three main activities in this stage; pre-writing, drafting and redrafting, and editing. In pre-writing, the focus will be mainly on planning the outlines and exploring possible content. The learners will be aided to identify the purpose and the audience...
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...weaknesses that can be transformed into strengths and threats into opportunities. For example, I am effective in identifying and ensuring the individual needs of the students in the class are met. For example, I was able to identify that a student with ASD was finding writing activities anxiety inducing, which...
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...Design phases of the appreciative inquiry course project. It will begin with a recap of feedback that has been received relative to the assignment and the affirmative topic, continue with a discussion of provocative propositions, and close with a statement of strategic intents. Dream Recap Feedback to Date No additional relevant feedback has been received directly from instructor or peers to influence the Dream or Discovery phases. Reiteration of Affirmative Topic and Core Themes The affirmative topic for this project is: “Preventing Drop-outs by Improving Middle School Student Engagement Through CareerStart Academies”. The following core themes were identified during the Discovery phase: * Focus on College and Career. * Raise Student Aspiration and Commitment. * Increase Student Achievement. * Student Selection. * Career Themes Fit the Local Economy. * Community Involvement. Provocative Propositions Focus on college and career. CareerStart Academy’s aim is to prepare all students for post-secondary education and careers. The academies will enable students to complete post-secondary entrance academic requirements while exposing them to a vertical segment of the occupations within a career field, encouraging them to aim as high as they wish. Raise student aspiration and commitment. CareerStart Academy seeks to raise, maintain, and increase the level of students ‘motivation while in school by giving a focus to the program of studies that reflects...
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...help to grow them better, we have chosen the Triumphant Institute of Management Education Pvt. Ltd., which is popularly known as TIME. Question 1: Select an Industry and an organization within the industry. Identify its Critical Success Factors. Classify the CSFs according to whether they are industry-related, specific to the organization or related to the external environment. In this exercise you may first identify the generic competitive strategy or the desirable strategy of the organization and the industry structure, based on which identification of the CSFs could be done. Answer: Industry specific CSF Porter’s 5 forces analysis Bargaining power of buyers (i.e. Students here) | | Medium to High | | Many good players are there. Many options are available to the student. | Bargaining power of Suppliers (i.e. Faculty here) | | Medium to High | | There is a shortage of the quality faculty leading to their high...
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...Whitney Adamson MAT 602 Paper The success of every student begins with the effectiveness of teachers and principals. Teachers not only need an extensive knowledge and understanding of teaching strategies to ensure their students are prepared for high school and college but they also need to have a passion for making a difference (“Teachers and Leaders”). Great teachers need patience to take the time needed to influence their students and properly prepare them for their education beyond their classroom. A great teacher can make the difference between a student who continues to higher education and succeeds and a student who may fall through the crack. How is it that a person becomes a great teacher? This begins with not only formal education and training but also the resources and instruction from a great principal once you are in the classroom (“Teachers and Leaders”). Not surprisingly, research shows that top performing teachers can make a dramatic difference in the success and achievement of their students (“Teachers and Leaders”). With this knowledge society needs to do more to ensure that every student has an effective teacher, that every school has effective principals and that every teacher and leader has access to the preparation, support and opportunities they need to succeed. Understanding how important a great teacher is in a classroom is just the beginning of this issue. Next comes how to execute this priority and get the great teachers and leaders we desperately...
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...Impact of stress on students learning Stress is any situation that evokes negative thoughts and feelings in a person. The same situation is not evocative or stressful for all people, and all people do not experience the same negative thoughts and feelings when stressed. One model that is useful in understanding stress among students is the person-environmental model. According to one variation of this model, stressful events can be appraised by an individual as "challenging" or "threatening". When students appraise their education as a challenge, stress can bring them a sense of competence and an increased capacity to learn. When education is seen as a threat, however, stress can elicit feelings of helplessness and a foreboding sense of loss. A critical issue concerning stress among students is its effect on learning. The Yerkes-Dodson law (1908) postulates that individuals under low and high stress learn the least and that those under moderate stress learn the most. A field study and laboratory tests support the notion that excessive stress is harmful to students' performance. Mechanisms that explain why students perform badly under stress include "hypervigilance" (excessive alertness to a stressful situation resulting in panic--for example, over studying for an exam) and "premature closure" (quickly choosing a solution to end a stressful situation--for example, rushing through an exam). WHAT IS STRESSFUL FOR UNDERGRADUATES? Students react to college in a variety...
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...teacher with a feedback channel that shows how learning goals are being met. It also ensures for an outside observer that students achieve those learning goals. Assessment provides both means to guide student learning and feedback for both the learner and the teacher about the learning process – from the level of a whole course down to a single student on some specific topic being assessed. Students often direct their efforts based on what is assessed and how it effects the final course grade. Continuous assessment during a programming course ensures that students get enough practice as well as get feed- back on the quality of their solutions. Providing quality assessment manually for even a small class means that feed-Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. back cannot be as instant as in one-to-one tutoring. When the class size grows, the amount of assessed work has to be cut down or rationalized in some other way. Many Computer Aided Approaches (CAA) approaches have been proposed for assessing student assignments and giving feedback [6]. These approaches simplify the instructor's task for grading the student programming...
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...education system is more worrying than the level of debt in its households”, said a World Bank senior economist. This indicates that the quality of Malaysia’s education system is deteriorating and the competitiveness/competency of the students is also declining. According to the result of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2012, which is a worldwide study that compares the math, reading and science skills of secondary school students, Malaysia is not only trailing behind the high income East Asian countries but also low income countries such as Vietnam. Another similar study which is the Trends in Inter-national Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) also showed that Malaysia’s result is below the international average and underperforming since 2007. Identifying the root causes is imperative in order to bring the standard of Malaysia’s education system back to the benchmark and towards achieving a high performing education system. Students’ mindset plays a significant role in learning as it influences their learning styles, motivation and performance. The mindset of Malaysian high school students is a prevalent issue and has impeded their learning in many ways. Being part of the Asian countries, it is inevitable that Malaysian students’ mindset will be shaped by Asian cultures which incline to spoon-feeding, passive and rote learning. The current mindset about learning, teaching, and education is dominated by a view in which teaching is often fitted “into a...
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...envision success. I have a variety of reasons I chose to pursue graduate study, both personal, and professional. Personally, I want to teach my children the importance of education in one’s life and to inspire them to aim for academic excellence. Professionally, I am very passionate about Nursing and about improving the quality of care given to patients. My ultimate goal is to influence change in the health care field as an educator or as an administrator. I want to inspire others to be excited with Nursing and be more involved in creating best practices that affects health care. I also want to ensure that I am more marketable to advance in my career. Graduate study paves the way toward the realization of these aspirations. Three Challenges that I will face in Meeting my Goals Just like any endeavor, the decision to attend a graduate program did not come without difficulty. Kramer L. (2007) mentioned the cost of higher education, time constraints, and acquiring skills necessary to succeed in graduate study, as challenges that students need to face. Financial Aid Availability A study conducted by Bain, Fedynich, and Knight (2009), suggested that graduate students...
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...Describe your perspective about feedback and/or feedforward. and Reflection The value of feedback and feedforward is to give guidance to students not being judgement, but to require them to think and take steps develop strategies to direct them in how to achieve their learning goals. Instructors need not to be judgement, or provide advice or give steps to help students take control of doing this own their own. (Higher Education Academy, 2012) provides a “Feedback Toolkit: 10 Strategies to engage students’ and to assist instructors in improving their feedback. It matters when providing feedback or feedforward, for example, feedback used the right away within 24 to 48 hours while the assignment is still fresh in the mines of the student....
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...ideas. As education helps expand the students’ horizon and forces them to critically examine their values, goals, and ideals, they learn to sympathize and empathize with others of different backgrounds. This enables them to come fully into their own as human beings who can share the common secure of humanity with other world citizens as they retain and value their prominent and separate identities. Students can afford the opportunity to confront new ideas and different points of views in classroom, all the while increasing their abilities to discuss and defend their own positions both in discussions and in writing. In my composition class this translates into an interactive, group-oriented classroom that focuses in equal amounts on the three components of critical thinking, reading, and writing. “It is now generally conceded that the art of thinking critically is a major missing link in education today, and that effective communication and problem-solving skills, as well as mastery of content, require critical thinking. It is also generally recognized that the ability to think critically becomes more and more important to success in life as the pace of change continues to accelerate and as complexity and interdependence continue to intensify. It is also generally conceded that some major changes in instruction will have to take place to shift the overarching.” (Paul, 2013). I could emphasize peer workshops, group work, and the use of student essays as reading material in...
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...Evidence Based Business Report – Goal Setting, Goal Achievement Plan & Success Criteria EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is discussing how to set goals and how to achieve these goals by planning and also by using a timetable for it, the method that been used is SMART goals setting method which is the goal has to be Specific, measureable, achievable, relevant and time bounded, it is also discuss the ‘three step to success’ method which explain the steps that any student can do to achieve a successful performance in a certain task. This report also contains three MBA related goals which applicable to those two methods that we mentioned, and in addition to these goals we provided a timetable and a three success criteria to achieve these goals. TABLE OF CONTENT Executive Summary …………………………………………………………………………..2 I. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………… 4 II. Goal setting theory ...…………………………………………………………....... 4 III. Developing SMART goals ………..…………...………………………………... 5 IV. Three steps to success …………………………………………………………….. 6 V. Conclusion…………………………………..…………………………………… 7 Appendix ………………………………………………………………………………… 8 Reference List ……………………………………………………………………...…. 9 I. Introduction So many people may wonder, what is a goal? , Lee (2010, p.744) said that a goal is a desired target or an aim, such a definition may make the people wonder the differences between having a dream and having a certain goal, that is why she also defined a goal as a dream...
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...constancy and improvement in product and services, Kinnaird has its specified purpose which is to provide quality education to the students and is stick to it. But Kinnaird has performed some initiatives which can help them in continuous improvement of their institute. It has a specific standard and has set a merit which helps them in selecting the best candidates to study in their institute. They are continuously improving their teaching techniques and are encouraging PowerPoint presentations which help them build confidence in their students. They also introduced a Campus Management System for the convenience of students and teachers and are very much vigilant that students and teacher both take classes punctually. 2. Adopt the new philosophy...
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