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Validating Bloom's Revised Taxonomy As A Rubric For Assessing Middle School Students' Levels Of Thinking, Siri Torrence Deforest Reynolds
Validating Bloom's Revised Taxonomy As A Rubric For Assessing Middle School Students' Levels Of Thinking, Siri Torrence Deforest Reynolds
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Educators in a rural charter middle school in the United States were challenged with the reliable assessment of student thinking skills even though the development of higher order thinking was an espoused goal for the school. The purpose of this study was to validate a new rubric based on Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy (BRT) to reliably assess student levels of thinking as reflected in the students’ written work. A quantitative, nonexperimental design was used. The focus of the research questions was on the BRT rubric’s reliability and validity. Interrater reliability was assessed using Krippendorff’s alpha. Validity was explored by assessing the …
After-School Mentorship Program And Self-Efficacy Beliefs In Middle-School Students, Atia D. Mark
After-School Mentorship Program And Self-Efficacy Beliefs In Middle-School Students, Atia D. Mark
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Middle-school students in Nova Scotia are perceived to have low self-efficacy for achieving learning outcomes. Strong self-efficacy beliefs developed through effective curricula have been linked to improved academic performance. However, there is a need for the formal evaluation of effective curricula that aim to improve self-efficacy. The purpose of this project study was to investigate a 10-week, after-school mentorship (ASM) curriculum that has never been evaluated. The outcomes of the curriculum design are to strengthen self-efficacy beliefs via relationship building exercises, public speaking training, and character education. Bandura's theory on self-efficacy, which states that treatment influences can alter the strength …
A Program Evaluation Of The Comprehensive School Reform Model Making Middle Grades Work, Wycondia West
A Program Evaluation Of The Comprehensive School Reform Model Making Middle Grades Work, Wycondia West
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
A Program Evaluation of the Comprehensive School Reform Model Making Middle Grades Work
by
Wycondia S. West
MA, Spring Hill College, 2002
BS, Spring Hill College, 1998
Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Education
Walden University
August 2016
There is increasing concern in the United States about the academic challenges that middle grade students face. Middle schools are not meeting accountability standards, and as a result students are not being adequately prepared for high school. In response to these concerns, a state in the southeastern United States adopted a comprehensive school …