The Influence of Fraternity and Sorority Involvement: A Critical Analysis of Research (1996–2013)     

Katrina A. Meyer 《ASHE Higher Education Report》2014,39(6):1-156

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A Framework for Policies and Practices to Improve Test Security Programs: Prevention,Detection, Investigation,and Resolution (PDIR)          下载免费PDF全文

Steve Ferrara 《Educational Measurement》2017,36(3):5-23

Test security is not an end in itself; it is important because we want to be able to make valid interpretations from test scores. In this article, I propose a framework for comprehensive test security systems: prevention, detection, investigation, and resolution. The article discusses threats to test security, roles and responsibilities, rigorous training for everyone involved in testing, and an evaluation of current practices in test security. I call on everyone responsible for testing programs—the Association of Test Publishers, Council of Chief State School Officers, National Council on Measurement in Education, U.S. Department of Education, and state assessment program managers, their vendors, and the research community—to collaborate on guidelines and practices for security violation prevention, detection, investigation, and resolution.  相似文献   

Test Development with Performance Standards and Achievement Growth in Mind     

Steve Ferrara  Dubravka Svetina  Sylvia Skucha  Anne H. Davidson 《Educational Measurement》2011,30(4):3-15

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Development of action research in China: review and reflection     

Zhou  Jun  Liu  Katrina Yan 《Asia Pacific Education Review》2011,12(2):271-277

Action research in China during late 1970s and 1980s was influenced by positivist scientific research, believing the purpose of doing action research is to explore the general law of education. It was carried out through educational experimentations emphasizing the control of the experimental conditions. Starting from 1990s, action research in China followed the positivist model of hypothesis verification on the one hand, while on the other hand, it introduced the notion of hermeneutics: finding and solving problems in real teaching situations and thereby understanding the real situation. Entering the new millennium, action research in China has further followed hermeneutics, accompanied by the emergence of “grassroots” action research.  相似文献   

Transmitting Faith in the Republic:Muslim Schooling in Modern Plural France     

Carol A. Ferrara 《Religious education (Chicago, Ill.)》2018,113(1):14-25

This article explores and analyzes private Muslim schooling in France using ethnographic research performed in 2013–2014 in Lille-, Lyon-, and Paris-based Muslim schools. The article discusses the course content and the interpretations of Islam that are taught, demonstrating how French republican values are fused together with Islam to promote a specific brand of French Muslim citizenship and identity. I argue that Muslim schools should be seen as part of the process of the normalization of Muslim-based civic engagement and that they represent a particular response to France's new plurality that reinterprets the boundaries of “French” and “Muslim.”  相似文献   

A review of Computer Science resources for learning and teaching with K-12 computing curricula: an Australian case study     

Katrina Falkner 《Computer Science Education》2013,23(4):390-429

To support teachers to implement Computer Science curricula into classrooms from the very first year of school, teachers, schools and organisations seek quality curriculum resources to support implementation and teacher professional development. Until now, many Computer Science resources and outreach initiatives have targeted K-12 school-age children, with the intention to engage children and increase interest, rather than to formally teach concepts and skills. What is the educational quality of existing Computer Science resources and to what extent are they suitable for classroom learning and teaching? In this paper, an assessment framework is presented to evaluate the quality of online Computer Science resources. Further, a semi-systematic review of available online Computer Science resources was conducted to evaluate resources available for classroom learning and teaching and to identify gaps in resource availability, using the Australian curriculum as a case study analysis. The findings reveal a predominance of quality resources, however, a number of critical gaps were identified. This paper provides recommendations and guidance for the development of new and supplementary resources and future research.  相似文献   

Block Talk: Spatial Language During Block Play     

Katrina Ferrara  Kathy Hirsh‐Pasek  Nora S. Newcombe  Roberta Michnick Golinkoff  Wendy Shallcross Lam 《Mind, Brain, and Education》2011,5(3):143-151

Spatial skills are a central component of intellect and show marked individual differences. There is evidence that variations in the spatial language young children hear, which directs their attention to important aspects of the spatial environment, may be one of the mechanisms that contributes to these differences. To investigate how play affects variations in language, parents and children were assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: free play with blocks, guided play, or play with preassembled structures (Study 1). Parents in the guided play condition produced significantly higher proportions of spatial talk than parents in the other two conditions, and children in the guided play condition produced significantly more spatial talk than those in the free play condition. Study 2 established baselines of spatial language during activities not involving spatial materials. Proportions of spatial words were lower than those in any of the conditions of Experiment 1. In sum, interaction with blocks naturally elicits elevated levels of spatial language, especially in the context of guided play, suggesting simple‐to‐execute educational interventions.  相似文献   

Editorial     

Steve Ferrara 《Educational Measurement》2004,23(1):4-5

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Impact of the National Writing Project's College-Ready Writers Program in High-Need Rural Districts     

H. Alix Gallagher  Nicole Arshan  Katrina Woodworth 《Journal of research on educational effectiveness》2017,10(3):570-595

By 2013, all 50 states and the District of Columbia had adopted college- and career-ready standards in English language arts and mathematics, placing a greater emphasis on argument writing to prepare students for life after high school. Solving the specific problem of how to help teachers teach to new standards for argument writing as well as the broader problem of improving teaching and learning requires continued efforts to understand how to support teachers in making substantial changes in instruction. This paper reports on a district-randomized controlled trial of the National Writing Project's College-Ready Writers Program (CRWP), implemented in high-need rural districts in 10 states, testing one instance of professional development paired with supporting curricular resources and a formative assessment tool designed to shift instruction to align with the new college- and career-ready standards in English language arts classes in Grades 7–10. Researchers randomly assigned 44 rural districts either to receive two years of CRWP or to be in a business-as-usual control group and found positive impacts on teacher practice and student source-based argument writing.  相似文献   

HOW MULTIMODALITY WORKS IN MATHEMATICAL ACTIVITY: YOUNG CHILDREN GRAPHING MOTION     

Francesca Ferrara 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2014,12(4):917-939

This paper aims to contribute to discussions on the multimodal nature of cognition through an elaboration of the ways multimodal aspects of thinking are exploited by learners doing mathematics. Moving beyond the fact that multimodality occurs, this paper focuses on how it occurs, with particular attention drawn to the complex network of perceptual, bodily and imaginary experiences of students. Through an analysis of 2 selected episodes of the work of 1 primary school child learning to graph motion, the paper shows how the notion of blending spaces is central to understanding the mechanism of multimodality.  相似文献