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Afghan EFL Lecturers’ Assessment Practices in the Classroom [PDF]

, 2017
The current study is conducted with the aim to explore the practices and perceptions of Afghan EFL lecturers toward assessment. A second aim of the study is to explore the challenges the lecturers encounter in the implementation of formative assessments ...
Mashwani, Hazrat Usman, Noori, Abdullah, Shafie, Nurul Hidayu, Tareen, Hashmatullah   +3 more
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Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia, Kai W. Wheeler, Tracy Woodroffe, Karen Thorpe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mindful Assessment in Support of Student Learning. [PDF]

, 2019
This article takes a critical look at inherited assessment practices, and explores alternative, more mindful approaches. Rather than just measure student performance levels at the end of a unit, educative assessment should provide information that can ...
Bayers, Leslie, Camfield, Eileen
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Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy, Bhiamie Williamson, Jesse Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policies, Programs, and Practices: Exploring the Complex Dynamics of Assessment Education in Teacher Education Across Four Countries

Frontiers in Education, 2019
There has been a global trend toward increased accountability and assessment in schools over the past several decades. Across policy and professional standards, teachers have been repeatedly called to integrate assessment throughout their practice to ...
Christopher DeLuca, Jill Willis, Bronwen Cowie, Christine Harrison, Andrew Coombs, Andrew Gibson, Suzanne Trask   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing the learning environment using classroom response systems [PDF]

, 2008
Classroom response systems (CRS) offer a management tool for engaging students in the classroom. These systems have been used in a variety of fields and at all levels of education.
McLoughlin, Eilish
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National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow, Tanya A. Serry, Jennifer Buckingham, Lorraine S. Hammond, Stephen Dinham, Eamon Charles, Tessa A. Weadman, Nathanial R. Swain, Susan Hiland, Tessa Daffern   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making Sense of Standardised Assessment Data: A Response to Snow et al. (2025)

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I write in response to the commentary by Snow et al. (2025) on the paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data published in this journal (Larsen 2024).
Sally A. Larsen
wiley   +1 more source

Legal and ethical considerations around the use of existing illustrations to generate new illustrations in the anatomical sciences

Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 289-300, March 2025.
Abstract It is likely existing anatomical illustrations are often used as the basis for new illustrative works, given not all illustrators have access to human tissues, bodies, or prosections on which to base their illustrations. Potential issues arise with this practice in the realms of copyright infringement and plagiarism when authors are seeking to
Jon Cornwall, Richard White, Patrick Pennefather, Sabine Hildebrandt, Jill Gregory, Heather F. Smith, Jason Organ, Claudia Krebs   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Assessment in Teacher Education Courses

Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
Several faculty members including the author were involved in exploring the implementation andeffectiveness of research-based assessment strategies in their undergraduate teacher education courses at aCanadian university.
Keith Roscoe
doaj   +1 more source