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Returning To The Mirror: Reflections On Promoting Constructivism In Three Educational Contexts, Alison Cook-Sather
Returning To The Mirror: Reflections On Promoting Constructivism In Three Educational Contexts, Alison Cook-Sather
Education Program Faculty Research and Scholarship
Since the early 1980s educators have argued that reflection is an essential dimension of good pedagogical practice. This discussion of my attempt to support a constructivist approach to learning for three different groups of learners illustrates one effort to engage in such reflection. I analyze several assignments I have designed for differently positioned learners, all within the context of a liberal arts college in northeastern USA. Referring to the assignments I have developed in each context, I analyze the particular kinds of structures, challenges and supports I try to provide to learners, with the goal of surfacing the convictions I …
The Naep Long-Term Trend Assessment: A Review Of Its Transformation, Use, And Findings, Lawrence C. Stedman
The Naep Long-Term Trend Assessment: A Review Of Its Transformation, Use, And Findings, Lawrence C. Stedman
Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership Faculty Scholarship
During the past 25 years, the country witnessed a dramatic transformation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Actions by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), Congress, and the National Assessment Governing Board fundamentally changed NAEP's role in federal educational policy and the nation's schools. Developed in the 1960s through a privately funded initiative, NAEP began as a voluntary program run by a state consortium with financial support from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. It later became a congressionally legislated program administered by one of the country's premier testing organizations and overseen by a federally mandated public board. …