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Exploring Mental State Reasoning As A Social-Cognitive Mechanism For Social Loafing In Children., Robert Thompson, Bill Thornton

Bill Thornton

The authors explored mental-state reasoning ability among 72 preschoolers (ages 3-5 years) as a possible developmental mechanism for the well-known social loafing effect: diminished individual effort in a collaborative task. The authors expected that older children would outperform young children on standard mental-state reasoning tests and that they would display greater social loafing than younger children.

Early Years Of English, Margaret Forster, Prue Anderson, Andrew Stephanou

Prue Anderson

No abstract provided.

Professional Development In Reading First Ohio: Comparison Of Four Methods Of Professional Development Delivery, Catherine Rosemary, Kathleen Roskos, Russell Brown, Leann Krosnick, Lisa Lenhart, Tania Jarosewich, John Savery, James Salzman, Linda Collins

John R Savery

No abstract provided.

The Evolution Of Practical Organisational Behaviour Education (Probe) At Bond University, James Shaw, Cynthia Fisher

James B Shaw

No abstract provided.

The Programme For International Student Assessment: An Overview, Ross Turner, Ray Adams

Prof Ray Adams

Australian Changing Academic Profession (Cap) Sampling Design, Hamish Coates, Martin Murphy

Martin Murphy

No abstract provided.

Building Capacity : Strategic Professional Development For Early Childhood Practitioners, Bridie Raban, Andrea Nolan, Manjula Waniganayake, Christine Ure, Robert Brown, Jan Deans

Dr Robert Brown

No abstract provided.

Get Off To An Auspicious Start, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

No abstract provided.

Dragged Into The Past: A Major Motif In Munro's 'Walker Brothers Cowboy', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

Alice Munro's "Walker Brothers Cowboy" (The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Ed. Sarah Lawall. NY: Norton, 2002) is bracketed by similar images that establish the futility of trying to stop time. At the beginning of story, in order to explain to the narrator how the glaciers formed the Great Lakes, the father "shows me his hand with his spread fingers pressing the rock-hard ground where we are sitting. His fingers hardly make any impression at all ... " (3012); at the conclusion as Ben Jordan, the father, and his children prepare to return home from their odyssey, Nora Cronin touches …

Location, Location, Location, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Method Of Narration In The 'The Open Book', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

No abstract provided.

Modeling The Writing Assignment On Literature, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

Charlie has been teaching his junior-level American Lit Survey II for 36 years, but last summer after reflecting on the course with Hal, he decided to try a new way of teaching students to write. He set up critical writing communities in his class and then he created one for himself in order to model a particular writing skill.

A Rosey Response To Fick And Gold, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

No abstract provided.

Munro's Walker Brothers Cowboy, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

The article presents an exploration of the theme of individual fate as seen in Alice Munro's short story "Walker Brothers Cowboy." The author presents an analysis of the theme throughout the book, particularly highlighting the personification of the Greek mythical figures of the three Fates and Tykhe in characters surrounding the protagonist Ben Jordan.

The Measurement And Determinants Of Growth In Receptive Vocabulary, Sheldon Rothman, John Ainley, Kylie Hillman

Kylie Hillman

No abstract provided.

Factors Affecting The Impact Of Teacher Education Programmes On Teacher Preparedness : Implications For Accreditation Policy, Lawrence Ingvarson, Adrian Beavis, Elizabeth Kleinhenz

Dr Elizabeth Kleinhenz

This study provides guidance to policy-makers about the standards that might be appropriate for accrediting teacher education programs. The study was commissioned by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT), a statutory body established in 2001 by the Victorian state government with responsibility for the registration (licensing) of teachers and the accreditation of teacher education programs. The study investigated the characteristics of effective initial teacher education programs, as reported by teachers who have just finished their first year of teaching. A survey instrument was distributed in 2004 to all registered teachers who had graduated from their teacher education program in 2002, …

Teacher Workload And Effective Teaching : What Do Teachers Think?, Jenny Wilkinson, Elizabeth Kleinhenz

Dr Elizabeth Kleinhenz

Summaries of two major recent research reports into teachers’ workload and teachers’ work practices will be presented in this session: Secondary Teacher Workload Study and Primary (Elementary) Teacher Work Study. The research was carried out by the Australian Council for Educational Research for the New Zealand Ministry of Education. The purpose of the studies was to gain an understanding of the nature and patterns of teachers’ work, to explore practical and innovative ways in which teachers manage their work and to determine what factors cause work pressure for them. A particular focus of these studies was teacher perceptions of workload …

Leadership Courses : Do They Deliver?, Michelle Anderson, Elizabeth Kleinhenz

Dr Elizabeth Kleinhenz

The authors examine professional learning courses for principals and ask whether they really deliver what they claim they do. Developers of professional learning need first to have guiding conceptions of school leadership. In recent years, a number of school systems in Australia and overseas have established standards frameworks that spell out leadership knowledge and skills. These can provide a bridge between research and practice, and they are one way to capture what is currently known and valued about the field of school leadership. The authors look at the most effective ways in which such standards can be used to support …

Different Steps : Post-School Pathways For Australian Students, Jennifer Bryce, Michelle Anderson

Dr Jennifer Bryce

New research investigates students' often non-linear post-school transitions. A new report, 'Australian Stories: Young People, Their Families and Post-School Plans', builds on research undertaken by the Australian Council for Educational Research for the Smith Family. It examines the stories of nine young people who have participated in the Smith Family Learning for Life scholarship program and who are considered to have made a positive start towards achieving their post-school goals. By asking these young people questions about their decision-making, the barriers they faced, and strategies for overcoming these, the study suggests ways that young people in similar situations may be …

The Measurement And Determinants Of Growth In Receptive Vocabulary, Sheldon Rothman, John Ainley, Kylie Hillman

Dr John Ainley

No abstract provided.

Postgraduate Research Experience 2006 : The Report Of The Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire, Hamish Coates, John Ainley, B Guthrie, T Friedman

Dr John Ainley

Each year, graduates of Australian higher education institutions who have completed a doctoral or research masters degree are invited by their institution and Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) to respond to the Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire (PREQ) about four months after graduation. This report presents the results from the seventh PREQ survey conducted since 1999. The PREQ asks graduates to respond to 28 statements about seven aspects of their research degree. The first 27 statements measure the quality of supervision, the intellectual climate of the department in which the respondent studied, the development of generic skills, the quality of the infrastructure …

Common Data Set 2006-07, Kirk England

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

WWU 2006-07 Common Data Set

Penskalaan Butir Format Respons Pilihan Dan Respons Bebas Berdasarkan Model Rasch Dan Partial Credit, Eko Hariadi

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian melihat pengaruh jumlah parameter butir, kategori respons bebas (RB), pengaruh sampel terhadap akurasi estimasi parameter kemampuan untuk menghasilkan estimasi yang stabil dan pengaruh pembobotan butir RP dan butir RB terhadap kesalahan baku.

Penelitian dalam dua tahap, simulasi menggunakan 30 kondisi dengan replikasi 50 dengan variabel panjang tes, jumlah kategori, dan jumlah parameter butir, dan analisis deskriptif, dilanjutkan penerapan penskalaan gabungan butir tipe respons pilihan (rp) dan butir respons bebas (rb) pada konstruksi tes elektronika yang terdiri 40 butir pilihan ganda dan 4 butir jawaban tersusun, 3 butir memiliki lima kategori jawaban dan 1 butir dengan 4 kategori jawaban, melibatkan …

Evaluasi Sekolah Lapangan Pengendalian Hama Terpadu (Slpht) Padi Di Kabupaten Jember, Rizal Rizal

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji kualitas pelaksanaan program SLPHT, mengevaluasi pengaruh variabel proses program SLPHT terhadap tingkat pemakaian pestisida dan produktivitas usahatani, dan gambaran tentang keadaan usahatani, proses adopsi, proses inovasi, dan perubahan pengetahuan dan keterampilan peserta setelah mengikuti SLPHT.

Populasi penelitian ini adalah 150 penyuluh/PHP dan 22.240 petani yang tergabung dalam 556 kelompok tani yang telah mengikuti SLPHT di Kabupaten Jember. Sampel penelitian adalah 110 penyuluh/PHP dan 400 petani yang telah mengikuti SLPHT ditentukan dengan tehnik area random sampling. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif untuk komponen konteks, input, proses, dan hasil, serta inferensial (struktural model) untuk mengetahui pengaruh variabel proses …

Efektivitas Model Pengukuran Kreativitas Dalam Pembelajaran Hemisphere Kanas (Hk) Untuk Meningkatkan Kreativitas Siswa Kelas V Dalam Mata Pelajaran Ipa Di Sekolah Dasar, Abdul Kamil Marisi

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Tujuan dari penelitian adalah untuk mendiskripsikan: efektivitas model pengukutan kreativitas verbal, kebethasilan pengembangan pembelajaran hemisphere kanan (HK), dan komponen kreativitas yang dapat dikembangkan setelah diberikan perlakuan pembelajaran HK.

Penelitian dilakukan dalam dua tahap, yaitu penelitian quasi eksperimen pengembangan tes kreativitas dan tahap pembelajaran HK. Responden penelitian adalah 60 siswa. Tes kreativitas dikembangkan dari Test of Torrance Creative Thinking atau (TTCT). Keefektifan pengembangan model pengukuran kreativitas dianalisis dengan persamaan struktural atau Lisrel. Peningkatan kreativitas siswa dianalisis secara deskriptif.

Hasil penelitian sebagai berikut: model yang digunakan efektif; penggunaan model pengukuran dapat meningkatkan kelancaran siswa dalam membuat pertanyaan, menebak sebab -akibat dari peristiwa, …

Pengembangan Bank Soal Keterampilan Proses Ipa (Biologi) Kelas X Tingkat Madrasah Aliyah, Heni Prilantari

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: menyusun, mengetahui karakteristik, dan melakukan penyetaraan soal Biologi yang mengukur keterampilan proses, perumusan hipotesis, identifikasi variabel, prosedur eksperimen, dan penafsiran data.

Populasi penelitian adalah respons siswa Madrasah Aliyah di Propinsi DIY terhadap tes yang dikembangkan. Sampel sekolah dan kelas sebagai uji coba ditentukan dengan menggunakan teknik stratified proposional random sampling. Ada dua paket soal yaitu paket tes 1 (kode KP-BIO/MA/P-1/2007) dan paket tes 2 (kode KP-BIO/MA/P-2/2007). Soal tes pilihan ganda sebanyak 36 butir tiap paket. Butir soal dianalisis secara kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Analisis butir tes secara modem menggunakan program BIGSTEP.

Berdasarkan analisis ITEMAN, 11 butir tes …

Pengembangan Program Macromedia Flash 8 Untuk Pembelajaran Fisika Di Sma, Wiji Susilowati

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Tujuan penelitian adalah membuat dan mengevaluasi media pembelajaran fisika SMA menggunakan program Macromedia Flash 8.

Subjek coba pada penelitian ini berjumlah 40 orang yang terdiri dari 10 siswa untuk uji coba instrumen penelitian, 10 siswa untuk ujicoba kelompok kecdl, dan 20 siswa untuk uji coba lapangan. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan mengguna­kan kuesioner dan tes fisika (pre-test dan post-test). Evaluasi terhadap program ditinjau dari aspek pembelajaran dan aspek media. Kritik dan saran digunakan untuk memperbaiki program.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa program Macromedia Flash 8 untuk pembelajaran fisika di SMA: (1) dirancang sesuai dengan prinsip-prinsip desain pembelajaran, (2) terbukti mampu menaikkan skor …

Pencapaian Standar Kompetensi Siswa Smk Negeri Program Keahlian Tata Busana Di Kota Yogyakarta Dalam Pembelajaran Dengan Kbk, Widihastuti Widihastuti

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Artikel ini ditulis berdasarkan hasil penelitian evaluasi keefektifan pembelajaran pada penerapan KBK di Program Keahlian Tata Busana Kota Yogyakarta.

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian evaluasi dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Populasi penelitian meliputi 671 siswa Program Keahlian Tata Busana SMK Negeri di Kota Yogyakarta yang telah melaksanakan KBK. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 137 siswa yang ditentukan dengan teknik proportional stratified random sampling menggunakan rumus Krejcie & Morgan. Data penelitian diperoleh dari dokumen nilai prestasi akademik siswa, yang meliputi nilai normatif, adaptif, dan produktif. Teknik analisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan inferensial dengan bantuan komputer paket program SPSS 10 for windows.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: pembelajaran …

Studi Tentang Strategi Guru Dalam Pembelajaran Matematika Menyikapi Pergeseran Paradigma Pendidikan Teacher Centered Ke Student Centered, Endang Listyani

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Educational system in Indonesia has been changing from teacher centered to student centered paradigm. The teacher leads to have an important responsibility to involve in the paradigm changing. Regarding that responsibility, the teacher must have a competency to use the appropriate learning strategy that can engage the student activity in class. The propose of this research is to know the teacher strategy in mathematics learning toward the changing of educational paradigm from teacher centered to student centered. The respondents in this research are the entire mathematics teachers in SMA Negeri at Kotamadya Yogyakarta consisting of 11 schools. Each school has …

Analisis Peubah Respon Biner, Kismiantini Kismiantini

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Pada regresi linier klasik, peubah respon diasumsikan merupakan peubah yang bersifat kontinu. Bila peubah respon tidak lagi kontinu melainkan berupa kategori (biner, cacahan) maka model regresi linier klasik tidak dapat digunakan. Permasalahan tersebut dapat diatasi dengan model linier terampat. Model linier terampat yang digunakan dalam menganalisis peubah berskala biner adalah model logit, model probit dan model complementary log-log. Pada tulisan ini akan dikaji penggunaan ketiga model tersebut dalam menganalisis peubah respon biner. Bila nilai galat baku Pearson semakin kecil maka semakin baik pula model yang digunakan.
Kata kunci : peubah respon biner, model logit, model probit, model complementary log- log