ASSESSMENT METHODS AND ECONOMICS DEGREES     

Tony Mallier  Steven Morwood  John Old 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》1990,15(1):22-44

Our objective in this paper is to investigate, and comment upon, the assessment methods in use to monitor student progress and success in Economics Degree programmes. Our reasons for undertaking this study were twofold:

(a) while the content and teaching methods of economics courses have been the subject of debate and change, the corresponding methods of assessment have received little consideration, and (b) colleagues from other academic disciplines at our own institution, the Coventry Polytechnic, and elsewhere, comment adversely upon the terminal achievement record of economics students.  相似文献   

Humanities in the primary school – philosophical considerations     

Tony Eaude 《Education 3-13》2017,45(3):343-353

ABSTRACT

Drawing on a range of philosophical traditions, this article argues that the humanities are essential aspects of the development of the whole child. The humanities help children to understand themselves and other people in relation to place, time, belief, identity and culture and to become empathetic, thoughtful and critical citizens. Learning the content, language, concepts, skills and ways of working associated with separate disciplines is important, as is exploration of key ideas related to human experience and culture, including controversial ones. Defining the humanities in the primary years by the types of knowledge, qualities and values involved may be more appropriate than by subject. These can be learned, and reinforced, in all subject areas, with some offering particularly fertile opportunities, and through cross-curricular approaches. An emphasis on factual knowledge is too limiting, with active, first-hand experience helping to engage and include children. To teach and demonstrate appropriate ways of working and thinking, teachers require pedagogical content knowledge and enthusiasm as well as subject knowledge.  相似文献   

Mentoring for Principals: Pre-Service and In-Service Models     

Tony Bush 《Asia Pacific Journal of Education》1995,15(1):1-13

Mentoring is an increasingly important element in the preparation of principals in many countries, including Singapore, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK). In Singapore and the US, mentoring forms part of a pre-service programme of training for intending principals. In the UK, it is a voluntary programme which takes place during their first year as principals. The efficacy of mentoring depends on the quality of the mentor/protege relationship at least as much as the organisational and cultural framework within which it operates. Definitions and conceptions of mentoring are remarkably similar in different societies and its advantages appear to outweigh its disadvantages in both Singapore and the UK.  相似文献   

Multiple choice and true/false tests: reliability measures and some implications of negative marking     

Richard F. Burton 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》2004,29(5):585-595

The standard error of measurement usefully provides confidence limits for scores in a given test, but is it possible to quantify the reliability of a test with just a single number that allows comparison of tests of different format? Reliability coefficients do not do this, being dependent on the spread of examinee attainment. Better in this regard is a measure produced by dividing the standard error of measurement by the test's ‘reliability length’, the latter defined as the maximum possible score minus the most probable score obtainable by blind guessing alone. This, however, can be unsatisfactory with negative marking (formula scoring), as shown by data on 13 negatively marked true/false tests. In these the examinees displayed considerable misinformation, which correlated negatively with correct knowledge. Negative marking can improve test reliability by penalizing such misinformation as well as by discouraging guessing. Reliability measures can be based on idealized theoretical models instead of on test data. These do not reflect the qualities of the test items, but can be focused on specific test objectives (e.g. in relation to cut‐off scores) and can be expressed as easily communicated statements even before tests are written.  相似文献   

From fragmentation to chaos? The regulation of initial teacher training in further education     

Norman Lucas  Tony Nasta  Lynne Rogers 《British Educational Research Journal》2012,38(4):677-695

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Assessment matters: Considering the scholarship of teaching and learning in student affairs     

Tony Ribera  Sarah Fernandez  Matt Gray 《About Campus》2012,16(6):25-28

Tony Ribera, Sarah Fernandez, and Matt Gray apply a scholarly approach to assessing student learning in the cocurriculum.  相似文献   

What do people know about key environmental issues? A review of environmental knowledge surveys     

Beth Robelia  Tony Murphy 《Environmental Education Research》2012,18(3):299-321

This paper presents results from 15 little publicized state and national environmental surveys in the US that used similar questions. Our analysis reveals trends in adult understanding of environmental issues. These trends indicate that many may have difficulty making informed decisions about environmental policy as citizens, voters, and consumers. Some environmental myths are still prevalent in the US public’s understanding of environmental issues. The authors compare data from the National Environmental Education Foundation survey in the US and data from state surveys using the same questions to examine how public knowledge has changed from 1995 to 2008. Environmental myths and how they may affect the public’s perception of environmental topics are discussed. The authors suggest the need for greater consistency in the surveys of environmental knowledge to allow comparison among different studies.  相似文献   

Enhancing student learning of research methods through the use of undergraduate teaching assistants     

Jessica Crowe  Ryan Ceresola  Tony Silva 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》2014,39(6):759-775

By using a quasi-experimental design, in this study, we test the effect of undergraduate teaching assistants on student learning. Data were collected from 170 students enrolled in four sections of a quantitative research methods course, two sections without undergraduate teaching assistants and two sections with undergraduate teaching assistants, over two semesters. Results indicate that having undergraduate teaching assistants in the classroom can result in higher student performance. Students in the sections with undergraduate teaching assistants earned higher grades, were more likely to pass the course with a C or higher and performed better on half of the student learning outcomes than students in the sections without an undergraduate teaching assistant. Based on the overwhelmingly positive results on student learning, we would recommend the active use of undergraduate teaching assistants in the classroom, but especially for courses that students find challenging.  相似文献   

Newspapers' Struggles with Civic Engagement: The U.S. Press and the Rejection of Public Journalism as Propagandistic     

Burton St. John III 《The Communication Review》2013,16(3):249-270

This article examines how two factors—journalism's professionalized vigilance against co-option and its difficulty differentiating social action communications from propaganda—led to many in the press attacking public journalism as propagandistic. Sociologist Alfred McClung Lee's mid-20th century writings provide fresh explanations for how press critics conflated public journalism with propaganda. Finally, this article maintains that newspapers can improve their pertinence in a new media age by better linking citizen voices into news stories.  相似文献   

broadcasting history     

Amy Henderson  Joseph E. Persico  Tony Thomas 《Communication Booknotes Quarterly》2013,44(6):120-121

ON THE AIR: PIONEERS OF AMERICAN BROADCASTING by Amy Henderson (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988—$24.95, paper, ISBN 0-87474-499-7)

EDWARD R. MURROW: AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL by Joseph E. Persico (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988—$24.95, ISBN 0-07-049480-0)

THE CINEMA OF THE SEA: A CRITICAL SURVEY AND FILMOGRAPHY, by Tony Thomas (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1988—$24.95, ISBN 0-89950-342-X)  相似文献