Search results for "ASSESSMENT"

Within-student variability in learning experiences, and teachers’ perceptions of students’ task-focus

2016

In order to advance models of educational processes (intraindividual, intensive longitudinal), we propose a model in which we specify state and trait constructs, and an intraindividual variability construct. In our ecological momentary assessment study, we investigated how trait-level and intraindividual variability of students’ learning experiences (intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, task difficulty, effort exertion, help-seeking and competence evaluations) converged with teacher-reported student task-focus. 285 primary school students’ (Years 5 and 6) completed the Learning Experience Questionnaire using handheld computers, on average 13.6 learning episodes during one week (SD = 4.6; Ran…

Within-students variability in learning experiences, and teachers' perceptions of students' task-focus

2016

In order to advance our understanding of educational processes, we present a tutorial of intraindividual variability. An adaptive educational process is characterised by stable (less variability), and a maladaptive process is characterised by instable (more variability) learning experiences from one learning situation to the next. We outline step by step how we specify a multilevel structural equation model of state, trait and individual differences in intraindividual variability constructs, which can be appropriately fitted to intraindividual data (e.g., time-points nested in persons, intensive longitudinal data). In total 285 primary school students’ (Years 5 and 6) completed the Learning…

Finnish Experiences of Oecd’s International Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (ahelo)

2015

The aim of this article is to describe the implementation of International Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) in Finland and to highlight ethical considerations of large-scale international assessments. The Finnish results of the AHELO feasibility study show that a fully-fledged project is possible to carry if special attention is paid to the participation of students in test sessions, if enough time is reserved for the implementation phase and if scoring of open-ended questions is carefully carried out and monitored.It is, however, important that large-scale international assessmentssuch as AHELO do not start to colonialise and converge understandings of what is consi…

Mode Effect in Large-Scale Assessment

2017

Play assessment for group settings : validating a measurement tool for assessment of children's play performance in the day-care context

2012

Embedding Preschool Assessment Methods into Digital Learning Games to Predict Early Reading Skills

2017

The aim of this pilot study was to explore the predictive accuracy of computer-based assessment tasks (embedded within the GraphoLearn digital learning game platform) in identifying slow and normal readers. The results were compared to those obtained from the traditional paper-and-pencil tasks currently used to assess school readiness in Finland. The data were derived from a cohort of preschool-age children (mean age 6.7 years, N = 57) from a town in central Finland. A year later, at the end of first grade, participants were categorized as either slow (n = 11) or normal readers (n = 46) based on their reading scores. Logistic regression analyses indicated that computer tasks were as efficie…

Dalle indagini all'ammissione della prova in giudizio

2022

The paper analyses some issues concerning the assessment of the evidence by the trial judge in cases where the evidence has been gathered in different States.

Environmental assessment of energy valorisation of residual agrofood industry biomass in Sicily: a life cycle approach

2020

Anaerobic digestion (AD) uses biomass to produce biogas to generate heat and/or electricity. Several studies have reported that the adoption of AD may not necessarily lead to sustainable practices. For example, energy crops may cause significant impact due to the requirement of intensive agricultural practices. Then, residual biomasses are starting to be considered as alternative biomass for energy valorisation trough AD. In this context, this study assesses the potential environmental impacts related to the energy valorisation of agro-food industry waste though the Life Cycle Assessment methodology (ISO 14040). The system examined consists of a real anaerobic digester coupled with a combin…

Un questionario per un’analisi di sostenibilità: il primo passo verso la Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment

2011

L’obiettivo principale di questo lavoro è la presentazione di un questionario, quale strumento d’indagine per la raccolta di dati primari per l’analisi delle prestazioni di sostenibilità di un prodotto edile. In particolare, tale questionario renderà più agevole la fase di raccolta dei dati finalizzati all’implementazione della Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) ai principali materiali utilizzati in edilizia. Il settore edile in Sicilia riveste un ruolo rilevante, nonostante la crisi, e questo lo rende un settore strategico per uno sviluppo di tipo sostenibile The main target of this work is the presentation of a questionnaire as a useful tool to collect primary data for a sustaina…

Flash infrared annealing as a cost-effective and low environmental impact processing method for planar perovskite solar cells

2019

Abstract For successful commercialization of perovskite solar cells, straightforward solutions in terms of environmental impact and economic feasibility are still required. Flash Infrared Annealing (FIRA) is a rapid method to fabricate perovskite solar cells with efficiencies >18% on simple, planar architecture, which allows a film synthesis in only 1.2 s, faster than the previous report based in a meso architecture and all of them without the usage of antisolvent. In this work, through a comparative study with the common lab-scale method, the so-called antisolvent (AS), the main photovoltaic parameters and working mechanisms obtained from impedance spectroscopy (IS) measurements show simil…