Wind, Attila M. Zólyomi, Anna
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Language Learning in Higher Education
Although several studies have investigated the self-assessment (SA) of writing skills, most research has adopted a cross-sectional research design. Consequently, our knowledge about the longitudinal development of SA is limited. This study investigated whether SA instruction leads to improvement in SA accuracy and in second language (L2) writing. A...
Codreanu, Elias Sommerhoff, Daniel Huber, Sina Ufer, Stefan Seidel, Tina
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Frontiers in Education
Formative assessment of student learning is a challenging task in the teaching profession. Both teachers’ professional vision and their pedagogical content knowledge of specific subjects such as mathematics play an important role in assessment processes. This study investigated mathematics preservice teachers’ diagnostic activities during a formati...
Dignath, Charlotte Sprenger, Lara
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Frontiers in Education
Self-regulation of learning (SRL) positively affects achievement and motivation. Therefore, teachers are supposed to foster students’ SRL by providing them with strategies. However, two preconditions have to be met: teachers need to diagnose their students’ SRL to take instructional decisions about promoting SRL. To this end, teachers need knowledg...
Galvez Sobral, Jorge Andrés Farren Burho, Jamey Monterroso Martínez, Claudia Noemí Cruz Grünebaum, Ana Aidé
Teacher evaluation at the university level is a process that contributes to the improvement of educational quality. Since it is a complex task, different criteria must be taken into consideration. Also, different aspects such as observations, student’s opinions, colleague’s judgment, and peer review are involved. Students are a consistent source of...
Rimfeld, Kaili Malanchini, Margherita Hannigan, Laurie J Dale, Philip S Allen, Rebecca Hart, Sara A Plomin, Robert
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Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines
Children in the UK go through rigorous teacher assessments and standardized exams throughout compulsory (elementary and secondary) education, culminating with the GCSE exams (General Certificate of Secondary Education) at the age of 16 and A-level exams (Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education) at the age of 18. These exams are a major tipping ...
Nowicki, Stephen Gregory, Steven Ellis, Genette L. Iles-Caven, Yasmin Golding, Jean
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Frontiers in Psychology
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether parents’ locus of control (LOC) obtained before the birth of their child predicts the child’s behavior at school in School Years 3 (ages 7–8) and 6 (ages 10–11). A modified version of the adult Nowicki–Strickland internal–external locus of control scale was completed by mothers and fathers in ...
Gallego Ortega, José Luis Rodríguez Fuentes, Antonio
Es sabido que la didáctica universitaria está cambiado con la implantación del EEES y sus nuevos escenarios, recursos y estrategias, al reclamar mayores cotas de implicación estudiantil, en tanto que constructores de su propio aprendizaje. Ello no se está reflejando en la evaluación que sigue primando la tradicional heteroevaluación del docente al ...
Salinas, María Isabel
This paper describes the features of an evaluation system of teaching practices developed in virtual classrooms of two bimodal degrees. From the perspective of institutional management, it analizes the main notes assumed by the system in its phases of planification, development, implementation and meta-evaluation. It was performed a unique, intrins...
Arnáiz Sánchez, Pilar Escarbajal Frutos, Andrés Caballero García, Carmen María
The main aim of this research was to analyze what are the elements of the school context which make difficult or improve the educational inclusion process in three schools in the municipy of Murcia. The study was carry out through a nonexperimental, quantitative and descriptive design for the analysis of the teachers' opinion. The instruments to ob...
Zambrano Cruz, Renato Gil, Nora Lopera, Egidio Carrasco Tapias, Nayib Gutiérrez, Andrés Villa, Anabela
This research paper presents the results of the creation process and determination of the psychometric properties of an instrument for assessing teaching strategies in the practice of university teaching. For this study, an instrument was used with a sample of 20,051 adult college students in 18 cities in Colombia; factor analysis, cluster analysis...
