Evaluating students' science notebooks as an assessment tool     

Maria A. Ruiz‐Primo  Min Li  Carlos Ayala  Richard J. Shavelson 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(12):1477-1506

The idea of using science notebooks as a classroom assessment tool is not new. There is general agreement that science notebooks allow teachers to assess students' conceptual and procedural understanding and to provide the feedback students need for improving their performance. In this study we examined the use of science notebooks as an unobtrusive assessment tool that can also be used by individuals outside the classroom (for example, school district personnel), and as a means for obtaining information about students' learning and their opportunities to learn. More specifically, in this study students' science notebooks were used as a source of data about the (a) implementation of a curriculum's intended activities, (b) students' performance, and (c) quality of teachers' feedback. Our results indicated that: (1) Students' science notebooks can be reliably scored. Unit implementation, student performance, and teacher feedback scores were highly consistent across raters and units. (2) High and positive correlations with other performance assessment scores indicated that the student performance score can be considered as an achievement indicator. And (3) low performance scores across the two units revealed that students' communication skills and understanding were far away from the maximum score and did not improve over the course of instruction during the school year. This result may be due, in part, to the fact that no teacher feedback was found in any of the students' notebooks across the six classrooms studied. This may reflect some characteristics of the teachers' assessment practices that may require further professional development.  相似文献   

Skipping class in college and exam performance: Evidence from a regression discontinuity classroom experiment     

Carlos Dobkin  Ricard Gil  Justin Marion 《Economics of Education Review》2010,29(4):566-575

In this paper we estimate the effect of class attendance on exam performance by implementing a policy in three large economics classes that required students scoring below the median on the midterm exam to attend class. This policy generated a large discontinuity in the rate of post-midterm attendance at the median of the midterm score. We estimate that near the policy threshold, the post-midterm attendance rate was 36 percentage points higher for those students facing compulsory attendance. The discontinuous attendance policy is also associated with a significant difference in performance on the final exam. We estimate that a 10 percentage point increase in a student's overall attendance rate results in a 0.17 standard deviation increase in the final exam score without adversely affecting performance on other classes taken concurrently.  相似文献   

Waiting for Superman: Neoliberal Educational Reform and the Craft of Filmic Direction     

Jose Prado  Jeffrey Montez de Oca 《Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies》2013,35(4):274-297

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Recent Books in the Field of Public Opinion Research     

de Boer  Connie 《Int. Journal of Public Opinion Research》2007,19(4):515-520

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GaIN (Georgia Interactive Network for Medical Information) study on health professionals' search requests and continuing education needs     

LaBeause J  Van de Water N  Carey P  Fielder M  Sorrow B  Woolbright C 《Medical reference services quarterly》1999,18(2):81-89

Health sciences librarians are being called upon to be more proactive in their institutions' continuing education efforts. In an effort to identify whether search requests indicated CE needs, a study was conducted by a group of members of GaIN (Georgia Interactive Network for Medical Information). MEDLINE requests from health care professionals for subject specific clinical topics were collected during a six-month period via a standard search request form created for the study. Copies of all completed requests were collected and broad ICD-9 codes assigned to the search topics. Institutional reports were generated for each participating library to share with hospital CE coordinators. They were also compiled for the group as a whole, and reflected the "hottest" topics requested during the study period for physicians and for non-physicians (nurses, allied health, administrators). A survey to hospital librarians and CE educators showed some value in the reports, but greater potential for further collaboration between librarians and CE coordinators.  相似文献   

Schüleraktivitäten beim selbstorganisierten Lernen und deren Auswirkungen auf den Lernerfolg     

Jürgen?SeifriedEmail author 《Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft》2004,7(4):569-584

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Wiltrud Gieseke (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Frauenbildung     

Barbara?DrinckEmail author 《Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft》2004,7(3):454-456

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Susanne von Below: Bildungssysteme und soziale Ungleichheit. Das Beispiel der neuen Bundesländer     

Nicolle?PfaffEmail author 《Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft》2004,7(4):588-590

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3. Schaser,Angelika: Helene Lange und Gertrud Bäumer. Eine politische Lebensgemeinschaft     

Wolfgang?Schr?erEmail author 《Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft》2003,6(1):149-150

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Using a journal availability study to improve access     

Shaw-Kokot J  de la Varre C 《Bulletin of the Medical Library Association》2001,89(1):21-28

PURPOSE: Identify journal collection access and use factors. SETTING AND SUBJECTS: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Health Sciences Library patrons. METHODOLOGY: Survey forms and user interactions were monitored once a week for twelve weeks during the fall 1997 semester. The project was based on a 1989 New Mexico State University study and used Kantor's Branching Analysis to measure responses. RESULT: 80% of reported sought journal articles were found successfully. Along with journal usage data, the library obtained demographic and behavioral information. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Journals are the library's most used resource and, even as more electronic journals are offered, print journals continue to make up the majority of the collection. Several factors highlighted the need to study journal availability. User groups indicated that finding journals was problematic, and internal statistics showed people requesting interlibrary loans for owned items. The study looked at success rates, time, and ease of finding journals. A variety of reasons contributed to not finding journals. While overall user reports indicated relatively high success rate and satisfaction, there were problems to be addressed. As the library proceeds in redesigning both the physical space and electronic presence, the collected data have provided valuable direction.  相似文献