34th annual conference (2008)

The impact of writing portfolios on improving the process of writing research papers

August 2, 2018

34th annual conference (2008), Maryam Niami

process portfolios are ideal because they document stages that students go through as they learn and progress (Venn, 2000, p.33). Recent research on portfolio also indicates a link between feedback…

Issues in assessing the academic writing of students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds: Preliminary findings from a study on lecturers’ beliefs and practices

August 2, 2018

34th annual conference (2008), Chi Baik

The question of how lecturers assess the written work of students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds is an important issue for Australian universities, as International andEnglish as a Second…

Psychometric versus Dynamic Assessment for Mathematically Gifted Children with Learning Difficulties

August 2, 2018

34th annual conference (2008), Anies Al Hroub

The purpose of this research is to investigate the efficacy of psychometric and dynamic assessment to identifying &#39,mathematically gifted students with learning difficulties&#39, (MG/LD) in Jordan. An extensive process of…

Can a Core Skills Test at Grade 6 level improve the quality of teaching and learning in primary schooling and so assist in preparing students more effectively for the rigours of middle schooling?

August 2, 2018

34th annual conference (2008), Estelle Nel

The IEB Grade 6 Core Skills Test provides a benchmarking moment in the learning pathway in South African schools. It determines whether year 6 students have attained sufficient cognitive academic…

Predicting Achievement in the Early Years: How Influential is Personal, Social and Emotional Development?

August 2, 2018

34th annual conference (2008), Christine Merrell, Katharine Bailey

The personal, social and emotional development (PSED) of young children is perceived to be an important aspect of child development and is included in the statutory earlyyearscurriculum and assessment in…

Public Trust in High-Stakes Assessment and its Measurement

August 2, 2018

34th annual conference (2008), Lucy Billington, Rachel Taylor

Sociologists (and journalists) have increasingly claimed that society is less trusting of public institutions (O&#8217,Neill, 2002). Public trust in the examination boards responsible for setting, marking and grading national examinations…

INTEGRATING ASSESSMENT INTO THE LESSON PLAN TO IMPROVE LEARNING: A FOCUS ON NIGERIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

August 2, 2018

34th annual conference (2008), Elui Ebelechukwu

Assessment should be a continuous process and the purpose of assessing a child is to help him/her learn. The nature of the primary school curriculum in Nigeria offers wide opportunities…

The challenge of meeting sampling and participation rates in international surveys

August 2, 2018

34th annual conference (2008), Liz Twist

The results of the second Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) were published in November 2007. The outcomes of this and other large scale international surveys are used by…

Equality of opportunity for all? Accommodations in national assessments in England

August 2, 2018

34th annual conference (2008), Liz Twist

Accommodations (known as access arrangements in England) are changes to the administration of an assessment that increase accessibility by removing construct irrelevant variance. They are intended to &#8216,level the playing…

Soft Skills – Hard to Assess? An investigation into enhancing the reliability of practical assessment tasks

August 2, 2018

34th annual conference (2008), Barbara Hill

Since 2002 a number of initiatives in Scottish education have led to an increased emphasis on soft or core skills which have often been considered difficult to assess reliably. This…

34th annual conference (2008)

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