...Running head: ASSESSMENT TOOLS 1 Assessment Tools Paper Liberty University EDUC 307 June 1, 2016 Abstract The beauty in teaching is watching the brains of your scholars grow with knowledge. As educators we frequently use various tools to assess the gains that our scholars make. In order to successfully instruct intentional lessons, it is important to collect data about scholar interests, ability/intellectual levels, achievement levels, and personality types. Through the use of assessment tools like the Common Core Measures of Academic Progress (Common Core MAP), The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), The Student Interest Survey for Career Clusters, The Brigance Early Childhood Screens III, The Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory, and The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Personality Indicator. Interests 1. The Student Interest Survey for Career Clusters assesses scholars interest through the use of a survey where scholars are expected to circle up to seven activities in each of sixteen boxes that describe what they like to do. This is an extensive survey that asks the same three questions in each of the sixteen boxes, however the list of answer choices provided varies each time. This survey takes around fifteen minutes to complete via paper and pencil. This survey is available in both English and Spanish and can be viewed and printed online. The...
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...THE STUDENT AND TEACHER FACTORS AND THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS IN TECHNOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD EDUCAION A Baby Thesis Submitted To: DR. ANTONIO L. DEL ROSARIO In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Research Methodology By: GLORIA P. QUILAO June, 2014 DEDICATION I dedicate this paper to my family and many friends. A special feeling of gratitude to my loving parents, Isidro, Jr. and Gloria Principe whose words of encouragement and push for tenacity ring in my ears. My brothers Boots, Chronus and Mickey who have never left my side and are very special. I also dedicate this paper to my many friends who have supported me throughout the process. I will always appreciate all they have done. I dedicate this work and give special thanks to my husband Alex and my wonderful daughters Alyssa and Czykhryx who have been my best cheerleaders. ABSTRACT Academic performance of students is influenced by teacher factors and student factors. Teacher factors are the competencies, age, and gender, teaching position or designation and length of teaching in years. While student factors are the student’s gender as well, academic motivation, and family. The purpose of this thesis is to gain an in depth understanding of exactly which factor is greatly related to academic performance of students. In order to gain the in depth knowledge required for the paper a questionnaire is distributed to 1o teachers and 10 students for each teacher. CHAPTER I:...
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...Contemporary Issues In Education Research – Second Quarter 2012 Volume 5, Number 2 Do Learning And Study Skills Affect Academic Performance? – An Empirical Investigation Richard Griffin, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA Angie MacKewn, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA Ernest Moser, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA Ken W. VanVuren, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA ABSTRACT Universities and colleges are very interested in understanding the factors that influence their students’ academic performance. This paper describes a study that was conducted at a mid-sized public university in the mid-south, USA, to examine this issue. In this study, the 10-scale, Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) (Weinstein et al., 1987) assessment device was administered to 107 students to measure receptivity to several skills and strategies that purportedly enhance a student’s ability to learn and successfully perform in an academic setting. The results of this study showed that the LASSI scales dealing with attitude, concentration, information processing skill, motivation, self-testing and review techniques, use of study support techniques, time management, and effective test-taking strategies all correlated positively (with statistical significance) to student GPA. There were also statistically significant differences between males and females in their mean scores for several of the above mentioned LASSI scales. Every LASSI subscale, where females significantly...
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...Assessment is defined as "The use of a variety of procedures to collect information about learning and instruction." (Johnson, 2013) It is a crucial part of instruction. In asking students to demonstrate what they have learned we are then able to evaluate if the educational goals and standards are being met. It can affect decisions about grades, instructional needs, curriculum, placement, advancement and in some cases even funding. It inspires three important questions. "Are we teaching what we think we are teaching?" "Are students learning what they are supposed to be learning?" "Is there a better way to teach the subject, thereby promoting better learning?" (Edutopia, n.d.) There are two basic assessment types, summative and formative. Each has a distinct purpose and answers certain questions about student learning. We will discuss these later in this treatise. It is the teachers' responsibility to interpret these assessments and utilize the data for meeting student need, tailoring the content of curriculum and lessons, and, of course, assessing student progress. Teachers must take an active responsibility for achieving a balance between assessments and content. Both summative and formative assessments contribute to the measurement of broader progress on assessment goals. Formative assessment is commonly known as "assessment for learning". It focuses on monitoring student response to and progress in instruction as well providing information to teachers about where...
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...istockphoto Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness How Teacher Performance Assessments Can Measure and Improve Teaching Linda Darling-Hammond October 2010 w w w.americanprogress.org Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness How Teacher Performance Assessments Can Measure and Improve Teaching Linda Darling-Hammond October 2010 Contents 1 Introduction and Summary 5 Why performance assessments are needed 7 National Board Certification 9 Assessment of beginning teachers 11 Prospects for a national system of Teacher Performance Assessments 12 How performance assessments can help teachers improve their practice 17 Improving preparation through the use of performance assessments 22 Policy recommendations and conclusion Introduction and Summary Parents, practitioners, and policymakers agree that the key to improving public education in America is placing highly skilled and effective teachers in all classrooms. Yet the nation still lacks a practical set of standards and assessments that can guarantee that teachers, particularly new teachers, are well prepared and ready to teach. This report discusses a promising approach to the question of how to measure teacher effectiveness. Specifically, it describes the ways in which assessments of teacher performance for licensing and certification can both reflect and predict teachers’ success with children so that they can not only inform personnel decisions, but also...
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...Teachers and school leaders: making a difference through evidence-based practice A research paper for ACT Government schools ISBN 978-0-9757487-4-9 © Australian Capital Territory, Canberra 2007 Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright ACT 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission from the ACT Department of Education and Training, ACT Government, PO Box 1584, Tuggeranong ACT 2901. Produced for the ACT Department of Education and Training by the Measurement, Monitoring and Reporting Directorate. Telephone: Canberra 6205 9214 Fax: Canberra 6205 8353 ACT Government Homepage address 2 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to provide a research base for the ACT Department of Education and Training’s discussion paper for ACT government school teachers: Teachers and school leaders: making a difference through evidence-based practice. Evidence-based practice is defined as the collection and analysis of relevant data and research and the application of this evidence to teaching and learning and to whole school improvement. The conceptual framework of the School Excellence Initiative underpins the paper. This places student achievement and learning at the centre of any discussion. In the research literature, there are many, often contradictory definitions of data, information and knowledge. This paper will use ‘data’ as a collective (singular) noun and define terms as follows: • data: a collection...
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...to change | G | Faculty Information | Instructor | Office | Telephone | Email | Özgür Parlak | LAN 217 | 06 515 2684 | oparlak@aus.edu | Office Hours: * Office Hours will be posted on the office door as well as on iLearn. | H | Course Description from Catalog | Builds on the reading and writing skills acquired in WRI 101. Strengthens students’ reasoning skills and understanding of the various rhetorical strategies available to them in the writing process as they produce competently organized argumentative essays. Requires students to practice ethical, basic integration and documentation of sources. Hones students’ linguistic proficiency. | I | Course Learning Outcomes | Upon completion of WRI 102, the students will be able to 1. demonstrate the ability to write a structured and logical critical analysis of an academic text 2. demonstrate the ability to write lucid and cogent prose in a fully developed, audience conscious, academic argumentative essay (approximately 3-5 pages) that demonstrates logical development and arrangement of arguments, counterarguments and refutations 3. compose an audience conscious, academic argumentative essay (approximately 5-6 pages) that incorporates synthesis of multiple sources 4. demonstrate knowledge of library technology by using key words and data bases to find pertinent sources for integration into essays 5. locate,...
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...COLLEGE OF ALABANG Operation Research Title: “Learning Style and the Academic Performance of SEEDS under Computer Studies Program of STI College Alabang” Group Members: Bista, Joel A. Apaitan, Sarrah Pristine Arevalo, Rosebelle Mr. Eliseo Talla Adviser Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction What is the difference between education and training? Education is a basic factor in economic development. At the microeconomic level education has an important role in social mobility, equity, public health, better opportunities for employment (lower unemployment and higher wages), etc. In the case of the Philippines the previous Poverty Assessment (World Bank 2001) showed clearly that the educational attainment of the head of the household was “the single most important contributor to the observed variation in household welfare.” However it is also well known that the workers of Philippines have one of the highest levels of education of Asia, especially when considering its level of development. Probably Philippines is the most typical case of what is called the “education puzzle”. Therefore the level of poverty of the Philippines is difficult to be explained by the level of education of their workers. Colleges and universities have long defined and assessed student learning using course-embedded assessments of student earning, such as tests, papers, projects, as well as standardized...
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...Grading Systems - SCHOOL, HIGHER EDUCATION Tweet students grades teachers learning ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Search All U.S. Universities Bottom of Form ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form SCHOOL Thomas R. Guskey HIGHER EDUCATION Howard R. Pollio SCHOOL Few issues have created more controversy among educators than those associated with grading and reporting student learning. Despite the many debates and multitudes of studies, however, prescriptions for best practice remain elusive. Although teachers generally try to develop grading policies that are honest and fair, strong evidence shows that their practices vary widely, even among those who teach at the same grade level within the same school. In essence, grading is an exercise in professional judgment on the part of teachers. It involves the collection and evaluation of evidence on students' achievement or performance over a specified period of time, such as nine weeks, an academic semester, or entire school year. Through this process, various types of descriptive information and measures of students' performance are converted into grades or marks that summarize students' accomplishments. Although some educators distinguish between grades and marks, most consider these terms synonymous. Both imply a set of symbols, words, or numbers that are used to designate different levels of achievement or performance. They might be letter grades such as A, B, C...
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...PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Objective: To identify and measure performance variation across selected indicators, link performance with rewards to boost motivation and bring the key performance indicators under a continuous monitoring & control system for boosting organizational effectiveness in the key deliverables to its stakeholders. Structure of the PMS The PMS shall be introduced in two stages; In the introductory stage, only academic performance indicators shall be monitored; From the start of next year, a comprehensive system shall be introduced covering all key indicators for the deliverables. However should all agree, a comprehensive system can be introduced at the start of next semester. The PI’s identified are: a. Teaching: To carry a weightage of 30% and comprise of completion of syllabus, no of tests/assessments, remedial classes, students feedback and diversity in teaching pedagogy b. Results: To carry a weightage of 30% and measured through university results, average marks factored for subject difficulty index and correlation with university pattern and the performance of the branch as a whole. c. Activities related to student deliverables: Weightage20%: comprising of industry visits, industry projects, guest lectures, workshops, social projects, maintenance projects, research projects with students. d. Activities related to organization’s development: Weightage 10%; comprising of admission process, seminars, research grants, tsep...
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...THEORY-BASED PREDICTION OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AT A SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY Charl D Cilliers and Edwin C de Klerk University of Stellenbosch Tertiary institutions internationally are faced with the question of how to determine prospective students' real academic potential. This is particularly true for South African institutions where many students had inferior (poor and inadequate) schooling.Furthermore, conventional measures of abilities and achievement are orientated primarily toward assessing memory skills, and secondarily, toward assessing analytical skills. They rarely tap creative or practical skills in any meaningful way. However, prospective students from alternative backgrounds may have developed creative and practical skills to a greater extent than they have developed analytical ones. Particularly if their upbringing has been under difficult circumstances, being creative has become a prerequisite for survival. Conventional assessments of intelligence are not relevant in a multicultural context and fail to include other integral parts of intelligence in order to represent the whole of intelligence.( Thus, it is incumbent on researchers to develop broader predictive frameworks that take into account the diversity of skills likely to be found in populations.This paper describes the design and implementation of such a broader predictive framework at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), based on the Triarchic Theory of Intellectual Abilities (Sternberg...
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...Introduction Student is the primary asset of any educational institutions. Schools, state universities, private universities and colleges are useless if there’s no student. If there are students but the performance of each student in school is low, it's useless. Students’ academic performance is very important in every aspect. It links on the social and economic development of the country. The Students’ Performance (academic achievement) plays an Important role in producing the best quality graduates who will become great leader and manpower for the country thus responsible for the country’s economic and social development (Ali et.al, 2009). Students Academic Performance measurement undergone with different research studies. It has challenging aspects of literature, science student performance are affected due to social, psychological, economic, environmental and personal factors. These factors strongly influence on the student performance, but these factors vary from person to person and country to country. From the last few years in Philippines the Literacy rate and the quality of education improved especially K to 12 Program is now implemented. Philippines produced students that are globally competitive, well educated and skilled person and those who meet dynamic growing market requirement. That’s the reason of the researchers is to find out such factors that affecting Students’ performance, especially in 2nd Year Education Students of National University where Students face lot...
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...Year Basic Education Curriculum Students in Panabo National High School S.Y. 2013-2014 Siew Lian C. Lee Researcher Engr. Gerson D. Dumpasan Research Adviser S.Y. 2013-2014 ABSTRACT This study assessed the factors that affect the Learning Capacity or the Academic Performances of First Two Sections of Third Year Basic Education Curriculum Students in Panabo National High School S.Y. 2013-2014. This study examined the influence of School Facilities, Teaching Efficiency of Teachers, and Gender in the Academic Performance of students. The questionnaires are the main data gathering instrument and the records of grades of Third Year students. The respondents of this study were the selected students of the two sections of Third Year BEC namely, III-Amethyst and III-Beryl. This study answered the questions based on the respondents’ perception towards the condition and adequacy of the facilities in terms of library, laboratory and classroom, comfort rooms, gymnasium and canteens and the significant relationship of these facilities and academic performances of students. Also, the students perception in the Teaching Efficiency and attitude of their Teachers and the significant relationship of their level of perception and their Academic Performances. The significant difference of the Academic Performance of students having more Textbooks and students having fewer amount of Textbooks. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT A major research project like this is never the...
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...Business Baruch College Internship Course for Undergraduate Accounting Students Acc 5100, Bus 3001, 3002 and 3003 (1 credit each) Pass/Fail Acc 5200 (3 credits) Traditional Grading Contact Information Professor Joseph Weintrop Office Location – VC 13-251 Phone Number – (646) 312-3092 E-mail Address – Accounting_Internship@Baruch.CUNY.edu Synopsis This course consists of a supervised internship of up to four semesters. It is based on up to three 1 credit courses and one 3 credit course and is designed to provide undergraduates with the opportunity to participate in a coordinated and supervised internship program. The 1 credit feature makes it easier for students to negotiate credit-bearing internships with employers and spread the internship over four semesters, if necessary. Students thereby gain practical experience in an accounting workplace. Prerequisites Students must have attained Junior status and have accepted an offer for an accounting internship in order to register for the Internship Course. Guidelines for Registration The procedure for registering and completing the internship is available on the Accountancy Department Internship Website. Also available is the Internship Agreement to be signed at the outset by the student, the employer and myself (Form 1); the Student Performance Evaluation Form to be completed by the employer at the end of the internship (Form 2); and finally, the Student Evaluation of Internship, also to be completed at the end of the internship...
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...Assessment, Technology and Change | Despite the recent advancement in information and communication technology, most schools are still using primitive methods of academic assessment such as, pencil and paper. The current assessment method prohibits the creation of new and more effective models of testing students’ knowledge, this is because it does not test higher intellectual thinking. The assessment models are proficient in cognition and interpretation, but weak in assessing observation. Modern technology is essential since it can be used to create digital environments that stimulate valuable learning, and also programmed to assess user interaction in order to ease assessment of learning. Gifford, (2012), suggest that digital learning environments are innovative since they can present richer and complex problems that test students’ learning. Inadequate assessment of students’ knowledge makes curriculum focus more on simplifying concepts, rather than emphasising on the critical importance of learning. In the long term, the students will be unable to demonstrate critical thinking and skills when employed. The primary role of technology in assessment is to improve the method of access and grading. However, technology allows flexibility where tests can be customized to meet different students’ learning needs. Science is one subject that has mostly embraced technology based assessments (Gifford, 2012). According to research, students’ performance varies in every exam while...
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