An Application of Generalizability Theory to Evaluate the Technical Quality of an Alternate Assessment     

Melinda Ann Taylor  Dena A. Pastor 《教育实用测度》2013,26(4):279-297

Although federal regulations require testing students with severe cognitive disabilities, there is little guidance regarding how technical quality should be established. It is known that challenges exist with documentation of the reliability of scores for alternate assessments. Typical measures of reliability do little in modeling multiple sources of error, which are characteristic of alternate assessments. Instead, Generalizability theory (G-theory) allows researchers to identify sources of error and analyze the relative contribution of each source. This study demonstrates an application of G-theory to examine reliability for an alternate assessment. A G-study with the facets rater type, assessment attempts, and tasks was examined to determine the relative contribution of each to observed score variance. Results were used to determine the reliability of scores. The assessment design was modified to examine how changes might impact reliability. As a final step, designs that were deemed satisfactory were evaluated regarding the feasibility of adapting them into a statewide standardized assessment and accountability program.  相似文献   

Fifteen years of action research as professional development: seeking more collaborative,useful and democratic systems for teachers   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Víctor M. López‐Pastor  Roberto Monjas  Juan Carlos Manrique 《Educational Action Research》2013,21(2):153-170

This paper presents the experience of a group of teachers who have developed action research (AR) dynamics for 15 years aimed at their professional development and teaching practice improvement. The focus is first on the importance of AR, collaborative dynamics and theory and practice relationships for in‐service teacher training. It also shows the different spiral and cycle stages carried out, as well as the group’s characteristics, its evolution during these 15 years and the annual operation structure currently in use. The results show the five large AR thematic spirals developed and the materials generated and disseminated. There is also an analysis of the main benefits and problems so far encountered. Finally, a series of reflections and conclusions on the implications of keeping such a workgroup for so long is detailed.  相似文献   

Filipino Arts Among Elders in Institutionalized Care Settings     

Allan B. de Guzman  James Cyril B. Satuito  Miko Anne E. Satumba  Diego Rey A. Segui  Faith Evelyn C. Serquiña  Lawrence Jan P. Serrano 《Educational gerontology》2013,39(3):248-261

The use of traditional art in recreational therapies is unexplored. This paper, thus, attempts to surface the unique power of traditional Filipino arts (TFA) as synergizing lens in capturing the individual and the collective experiences of a select group of Filipino elderly in an institutionalized care setting relative to their feelings of depression and self-esteem. Three Filipino elderly housed in an institutionalized care setting were chosen for this phenomenological study, a robotfoto and a series of semistructured interviews constitute the main data gathering tool. Field texts were subjected to phenomenological reduction via the repertory grid analysis. Emerged themes were subjected to a series of member checking procedures to ensure the trustworthiness of the reported data. Depression and self-esteem were interpreted via two emerged themes. The themes were Me, Myself, and Melancholy and Will Not Let My Worth Wither. Through recreational therapies in the form of traditional Filipino arts, participants found novel psychological crutches that overcame the challenges of depression and give them hope toward more positive views of themselves and life.  相似文献   

Sense of Belongingness Among Filipino Elderly: The Use of Doodles in Geriatrics Research     

Allan B. de Guzman  Anne Cyril A. Pagdonsolan  Lou Marie B. Parel  Laurence Lloyd B. Parial  Vina Florentina S. Pastor  Eunice V. Peret Ivan 《Educational gerontology》2013,39(12):1069-1085

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Michael Foucault and education policy analysis. Edited By Stephen J. Ball     

Diego Santori 《British Journal of Educational Studies》2017,65(2):275-277

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To be preserved or to be replaced? Contemporary religious imagery in Latin America and its conservation     

Diego Iván Quintero Balbás 《文物保护研究》2016,61(3):319-320

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Higher screen time is associated with overweight,poor dietary habits and physical inactivity in Brazilian adolescents,mainly among girls     

Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro  Selma Maffei De Andrade  Arthur Eumann Mesas  Rômulo Araújo Fernandes  José Cazuza Farias Júnior 《European Journal of Sport Science》2016,16(4):498-506

Objectives: To analyse the associations between high screen time and overweight, poor dietary habits and physical activity in adolescents according to sex. Methods: The study comprised 515 boys and 716 girls aged 14–17 years from Londrina, Brazil. Nutritional status (normal weight or overweight/obese) was assessed by calculating the body mass index. Eating habits and time spent in physical activity were reported using a questionnaire. The measurement of screen time considered the time spent watching television, using a computer and playing video games during a normal week. Associations between high screen time and dependent variables (nutritional status, eating habits and physical activity levels) were assessed by binary logistic regression, adjusted for sociodemographic and lifestyle variables. Results: Most adolescents (93.8% of boys and 87.2% of girls) spent more than 2 hours per day in screen-time activities. After adjustments, an increasing trend in the prevalence of overweight and physical inactivity with increasing time spent on screen activities was observed for both sexes. Screen times of >4 hours/day compared with <2 hours/day were associated with physical inactivity, low consumption of vegetables and high consumption of sweets only in girls and the consumption of soft drinks in both sexes. Conclusions: The frequency of overweight and physical inactivity increased with increasing screen time in a trending manner and independently of the main confounders. The relationship between high screen time and poor eating habits was particularly relevant for adolescent girls.  相似文献   

The ‘Nature of Science’ and the Perils of Epistemic Relativism     

Romero-Maltrana  Diego  Benitez  Federico  Vera  Francisco  Rivera  Rodrigo 《Research in Science Education》2019,49(6):1735-1757

Research in Science Education - There is an increasing demand in the field of science education for the incorporation of philosophical and sociological aspects that are related to the scientific...  相似文献   

Reading for meaning: The foundational knowledge every teacher of science should have     

Alexis Patterson  Diego Roman  Michelle Friend  Jonathan Osborne  Brian Donovan 《International Journal of Science Education》2018,40(3):291-307

Reading is fundamental to science and not an adjunct to its practice. In other words, understanding the meaning of the various forms of written discourse employed in the creation, discussion, and communication of scientific knowledge is inherent to how science works. The language used in science, however, sets up a barrier, that in order to be overcome requires all students to have a clear understanding of the features of the multimodal informational texts employed in science and the strategies they can use to decode the scientific concepts communicated in informational texts. We argue that all teachers of science must develop a functional understanding of reading comprehension as part of their professional knowledge and skill. After describing our rationale for including knowledge about reading as a professional knowledge base every teacher of science should have, we outline the knowledge about language teachers must develop, the knowledge about the challenges that reading comprehension of science texts poses for students, and the knowledge about instructional strategies science teachers should know to support their students’ reading comprehension of science texts. Implications regarding the essential role that knowledge about reading should play in the preparation of science teachers are also discussed here.  相似文献   

Globalization,networks, and governance: Researching global ICT programs     

Diego D. Navarra  Tony Cornford 《Government Information Quarterly》2009

Global ICT programs are defined as new and universal modes of organizing mediated by technology and enacted through a novel mix of policy instruments, international institutions, business interests, and techno/managerial concepts. Largely unexplored in the various fields studying innovation and digital technologies, such programs are of interest, not least because of their projected ability to promote innovation and help achieve new mechanisms of governance at local, national, and global scale. Based on relevant information systems research, this paper argues that we need a new theoretical understanding for the study of such programs and in order to explore their potential as a means of technology transfer and innovation in the developed and developing world.  相似文献