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Elementary School Teachers’ Use Of Curricular Resources For Lesson Design And Enactment, Napthalin Achubang Atanga

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This study investigated how teachers used curricular resources to teach mathematics with two different curriculum programs, a commercially developed program (Scott Foresman Addison Wesley-Mathematics) and an NSF-funded reform program (Investigations in Number, Data, and Space). This research examines the kinds of curricular resources available to six teachers (three per program), those resources they planned to use, those actually used, ways teachers used curricular resources in association with each other, and types of adaptations made. As a result, I developed insights into capacities teachers need to use curricular resources in a connected way toward the mathematical points …

From National Standards To Classrooms: A Case Study Of Middle Level Teachers’ Assessment Knowledge And Practice, Susan Lynn Gutierrez

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This case study research examined middle level teachers’ current assessment practices within one Midwest suburban district, by utilizing a survey entitled Assessment Literacy Inventory for Classroom Educators (A.L.I.C.E.), designed to parallel the Standards for Teacher Competence in the Educational Assessment of Students (1990).

Previous research describes the importance of assessments, the critical role of a highly quality teacher in constructing and integrating assessments; however, the research was relatively devoid of studies describing the frequency with which teachers utilize various assessments and knowledge regarding a district’s assessment context.

Results revealed that most middle level teachers in this district did not have …

Perceptions Of General Education Deans And Department Chairs Of Their Colleges As Learning Organizations, May Charmayne Mulligan

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Higher education institutions are being pushed towards increased assessment practices because of rising costs, mass access, new delivery methods, and rising competition on the national and global scale. Academic deans and department heads are at the center of these assessment efforts, and assessment should guide changes within the organization for improvement. Learning organization theory provides a framework for creating an environment favorable to assessment and improvement. Six learning organization principles – learning, communication, measurement, problem-solving, structure, and vision – were used for this study.

An online questionnaire was used to capture the perceptions of deans and department heads as to …