Search results for "assessment."

Visual cues improve students’ understanding of divergence and curl: Evidence from eye movements during reading and problem solving

2019

The coordination of multiple external representations is important for learning, but yet a difficult task for students, requiring instructional support. The subject in this study covers a typical relation in physics between abstract mathematical equations (definitions of divergence and curl) and a visual representation (vector field plot). To support the connection across both representations, two instructions with written explanations, equations, and visual representations (differing only in the presence of visual cues) were designed and their impact on students’ performance was tested. We captured students’ eye movements while they processed the written instruction and solved subsequent c…

(Dis)empowering assessment? : assessment as experienced by students in their upper secondary school EFL studies

2017

Assessment has a great deal of power over students. However, there is little research on how students experience assessment and its power in the school context. The purpose of this mixed-methods study is therefore to examine how students in one Finnish upper secondary school experienced assessment and (dis)empowerment in their EFL studies. The present study, which situates itself within the realm of teacher research, also aims to experiment with alternative assessment methods in order to investigate whether they could foster empowerment in upper secondary EFL studies. The study comprises five articles and a monograph, and is divided into two parts, each with its own research aims. Part 1 an…

Iranian EFL Teachers’ Assessment Literacy Knowledge : The Impact of The Educational System on Teachers’ Classroom Assessment Practices

2022

English language teachers’ assessment ability to assess all areas of pupils’ learning is important for comprehending how learners advance across the curriculum and guiding them in their development (Livingston & Hutchinson, 2016). The educational system of Iran decided to shift from traditional teaching methodologies toward communicative approaches. This conversion would not turn into reality unless teachers could apply it in practice. However, teachers have certain needs such as expanding and broadening contextual-related knowledge, cooperating with their colleagues, and developing their assessment literacy (Coombe, Vafadar, & Mohebbi, 2020). To identify the teachers’ understandings of, pr…

Response-To-Intervention in Finland and the United States : Mathematics Learning Support as an Example

2018

Developing a Method for Measuring Science and Technology Oriented Creativity (STOC)

2021

Abstract The article contains the results of a research within the STIMEY (Science, Technology, Innovation, Mathematics, Engineering for the Young) project funded by the European Union’s Horizon-2020 research and innovation program (2016-2021). In the project, a hybrid learning environment (LE) was developed for both on-site and online learning suitable for the learning conditions in the COVID-19 era and beyond. The purpose of the research segment presented in this paper was to develop an instrument for assessment of the learner’s progress in creativity as one of the key targets of STIMEY. COVID-19 has shown that creativity is also needed to allow education systems the flexibility for unexp…

Oppilaiden käsityksiä englannin suullisesta kielitaidosta, sen oppimisesta ja arvioinnista

2018

This study investigated Finnish pupils’ beliefs about English oral proficiency, its learning and assessment in order to give voice to the pupils themselves as well as to better understand their views on English oral proficiency. The data consisted of nine semistructured interviews and self-evaluations and peer evaluations of nine 9th graders from three Finnish basic education schools. The study was qualitative in its nature, and the data were mainly analysed using content analysis. The results showed that the pupils understood English oral proficiency as an ability to speak and interact intelligibly in English. The most important components were seen to be pronunciation, vocabulary and gram…

Practising, testing and assessing oral skills in Finnish upper secondary schools: teachers' opinions

2006

Part-time teachers’ concepts of assessment, assessment practices and experiences of participation at the open university

2022

Measuring the perceived value of rural tourism: a field survey in the western Sicilian agritourism sector

2016

Rural tourism constitutes a valuable tool for the sustainable development of many rural areas. This paper examines the concept of perceived value in rural tourism. A quantitative field survey was carried out in some main Western Sicilian holiday farms (agritourisms) during the Spring 2014. A theoretical model of the tourists’ perceived value in this specific context was developed and validated, using a 22-item scale. Using Partial Least Squares Path Modelling a theoretical structural model of the multidimensional structure of the RTPV was tested, assessing intensity and direction of the causal relationships among RTPV and its dimensions. Five dimensions were identified as forming the constr…

Jaunākā skolas vecuma bērnu pašvērtēšanas prasmju pilnveide mācību stundās

2018

Bakalaura darba temats ir “Jaunākā skolas vecuma bērnu pašvērtēšanas prasmju pilnveide mācību stundās.” Darbā ietilpst ievads, 2 nodaļas, secinājumi, priekšlikumi, izmantotās literatūras un avotu saraksts, kā arī 11 pielikumi. Darbā izmantotas 26 literatūras un avotu vienības. Tajā ietverti 4 attēli. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir raksturot jaunākā skolas vecuma skolēnu pašvērtēšanas prasmju pilnveides iespējas mācību stundās. Pētījuma hipotēze: ja pedagogs mācību stundās piedāvā skolēniem veidot portfolio un veikt refleksijas, tas uzlabo skolēnu adekvātu pašnovērtējumu un tiek pilnveidota skolēnu prasme izvirzīt mērķus savai turpmākajai darbībai. Mērķa sasniegšanai tika analizētas teorētiskās a…