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Supplemental Instruction And Equity: Assessment Of Implementation And Effects On Student Persistence, Mary Ziskin, Ebelia Hernandez Feb 2015

Supplemental Instruction And Equity: Assessment Of Implementation And Effects On Student Persistence, Mary Ziskin, Ebelia Hernandez

Mary B. Ziskin

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Assessment Strategies For Global Learning: Ii Case Studies, Meg O'Reilly, Kay Gibson, Deborah Gordon, Glyn Rimmington Feb 2009

Assessment Strategies For Global Learning: Ii Case Studies, Meg O'Reilly, Kay Gibson, Deborah Gordon, Glyn Rimmington

Dr Meg O'Reilly

The processes of assessment have begun to take pride of place in considerations of online teaching and learning. As the technological means become more robust for bringing students together online, designs of various kinds of assessment tasks reflect greater reliance on the strategies of interaction, collaboration, cultural exchange and the use and creation of Web resources. Where students living in different countries study online, their sharing of culture and perspective and their development of communication skills can be considered as elements of global learning. Best practice in assessment of global learning outcomes is still emerging from action research, as described …


Educational Policy And Professional Development Of Elementary Schools Teachers In The Province Of Sindh: A Proposed Incentive Package, Wasim Qazi Dec 2008

Educational Policy And Professional Development Of Elementary Schools Teachers In The Province Of Sindh: A Proposed Incentive Package, Wasim Qazi

Wasim Qazi

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Enhancing Authentic Assessment Through Information Technology, Beth Rubin Dec 2008

Enhancing Authentic Assessment Through Information Technology, Beth Rubin

Beth Rubin

This chapter provides a framework to analyze the opportunities to enhance authenticity when assessment is mediated by information technology (IT), as well as the limitations of IT mediation on authenticity. The potential degree of authenticity is determined by several aspects of the competence being assessed: the chronicity of access to and use of information; the durability of the display; the use of written, oral and non-verbal communication; and computer use. The framework is used to identify IT tools that enable more authentic assessment as well as sample approaches and limitations on authenticity.