Electronic Course Surveys: Does automating feedback and reporting give better results?     

Stuart Watt  Claire Simpson  Chris McKillop  Viv Nunn 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》2002,27(4):325-337

This paper discusses an electronic course survey system designed to support evaluation of a modular programme in management taught through distance education. The scale and communication issues raised by distance education, when compounded by a complex rolling modular programme, make conventional evaluation complicated, slow and expensive. To overcome these problems, an automated evaluation process was introduced, partly based on web-based surveying, but significantly emphasising the reporting process and allowing performance indicators and complex analyses to be embedded in high quality word-processed reports, that can be quickly and easily generated after each presentation of a module. The paper discusses the system and the impact that it has had on the evaluation process, before looking to future opportunities for developments in this field, and discussing some of the implications - both expected and unanticipated - that have come out of using automation in the evaluation process.  相似文献   

The Reproduction of Class in Canada's Elite Independent Schools     

James D. Maxwell  Mary Percival Maxwell 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》1995,16(3):309-326

The changing forms and processes of social reproduction undertaken by Canada's elite independent schools are examined. Ideology, values, recruitment, and socialization processes and mechanisms in the member schools of the Canadian Association of Independent Schools are analysed. The focus is on reproduction theory (both the reproduction of the structure of classes and the intergenerational reproduction of families). The various forms of reproduction are examined in relation to class, ethnicity and gender. All have undergone considerable change; while the schools have remained critical agents for the reproduction of elites in Canadian society, the rise of meritocratic ideology and recruitment have had a paradoxical effect.  相似文献   

Innovations in actions     

S. Maxwell Hines  Cathy Griffin Mussington 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》1996,7(2):143-150

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Analysis of Personality,Suicide, and Self‐Injury in Emerging Adulthood     

Amanda C. La Guardia  Robert J. Cramer  Claire N. Bryson  Kelly Emelianchik‐Key 《Journal of College Counseling》2020,23(1):57-70

Nonsuicidal self‐injury (NSSI) is a maladaptive coping strategy that is of significant clinical concern for behavioral health professionals in college settings. Relationships between NSSI, acquired capability for suicide, interpersonal cognitions, and five‐factor model personality traits were assessed in a survey‐based study that included 192 young adults in a college setting. Results indicated that those with an affirmative suicide attempt history, greater acquired capability for suicide, and elevated neuroticism had an increased likelihood of lifetime NSSI.  相似文献   

Prenatal cocaine exposure: a comparison of 2-year-old children in parental and nonparental care     

Brown JV  Bakeman R  Coles CD  Platzman KA  Lynch ME 《Child development》2004,75(4):1282-1295

Effects of prenatal cocaine exposure and parental versus nonparental care on outcome at 2 years of age were examined. The sample included 83 cocaine-exposed and 63 nonexposed children and their caregivers; 49 and 34 of the cocaine-exposed children experienced parental and nonparental care, respectively. Prenatal drug exposure was not related directly to children's outcome at 2 years of age. However, compared with cocaine-exposed children in parental care, those in nonparental care experienced a more optimal environment and performed better in several developmental domains at 2 years of age in spite of being at greater neonatal risk. Further analyses suggested that this protective effect of nonparental care was in part due to nonkin rather than kin care.  相似文献   

Mobilities of policy and mobile parents – creating a new dynamic in policy borrowing within state schooling     

Miri Yemini  Claire Maxwell 《Globalisation, Societies & Education》2021,19(1):70-80

ABSTRACT

In this article, we focus on the transformations imposed on schools by individual parents, arguing that schools as modern organisations change not only through top-down pressures orchestrated by an array of international organisations, for-profit companies and media as shown in previous research, but also through the agency of mobile parents, who seek to import reforms from elsewhere, based on their previous schooling experiences abroad. We focus on a specific group of middle class parents, who are continuously mobile, moving between global cities for employment. This paper brings into the discussion the role of individual parental strategies as they seek to promote education policy-borrowing. By applying the theoretical lens of stakeholder identification and salience, using a multi case study research design, we suggest that parents express high levels of power, legitimacy and a sense of urgency, thus being able to successfully advocate for change. We argue that while exploring organisational reform occurring due to the globalisation of education, we must view parents as central actors in this new space.  相似文献   

Coordination of reading and spelling in early literacy development: An examination of the discrepancy hypothesis     

Fletcher-Flinn  Claire M.  Shankweile  Donald  Frost  Stephen J. 《Reading and writing》2004,17(6):617-644

The Discrepancy Hypothesis posits that childrenearly in the acquisition process read visually(holistically) and spell phonologically. Thisclaim was examined and rejected. Weinvestigated reading and spelling in Grade 1and Grade 2 children using controlled nonwordand word materials with a variety oforthographic patterns. While reading andspelling were strongly correlated even amongthe younger readers, discrepancies betweenperformance levels occurred in both directions. Children's responses were affected by wordcharacteristics and whether or not theyreceived school phonics instruction. Phonologically complex words, such as thosecontaining consonant clusters, wereparticularly difficult for Grade 1 children toread, while words that were difficult to spellcorrectly but not to read tended to havemultivalent mappings from sound to spelling.The generation of reading responses tospecially selected nonwords was affected byboth implicit and explicit phonological sourcesof knowledge. Orthographic knowledge gained inspelling did not always transfer to reading,and vice versa.  相似文献   

Tablet computers in Philippine public schools: school-level factors that influence technology management and use     

Jedaiah Joel Lumagbas  Wally Smith  Esther Care  Claire Scoular 《Technology, Pedagogy and Education》2019,28(1):73-89

Many developing countries are investing in large-scale initiatives to deploy information and communications technology in schools. However, merely equipping schools with hardware and software does not guarantee that the technology is used effectively to improve learning outcomes. This study aims to identify factors that influence the use of technology in schools in a developing-country context. It investigates this through a multiple-case study of the Australian AID tablet computer programme in the Philippines, in which 1000 tablets were given to nine public schools for student use. Focusing specifically on the impact at a whole-school level, the study revealed factors affecting outcomes that were specific to a developing-country context, as well as confirming the relevance of more general factors identified in the literature. The study also brings to light tablet-specific benefits and issues in this context. These results have implications for the effective school-level implementation of technology programmes in developing countries. Recommendations that proceed from these are presented for policy-makers and school administrators looking to use these devices in schools.  相似文献   

International Collaboration for In-service: The Bhutanese Multigrade Attachment Program     

T. W. Maxwell 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》2001,29(3):289-296

The Bhutanese Multigrade Attachment Program has developed through collaboration between a number of agencies and institutions in Australia and Bhutan. The collaboration between funding bodies, the Education Division in Bhutan, the University of New England (UNE) and school communities around Armidale features a shared knowledge of what is needed, an approach that does not privilege one partner over another and processes which focus on mutual understanding. It depends upon trust within continuing relationships, and hard work from those involved. The program has developed considerably and it is evident that there have been a range of positive professional and cultural outcomes for those involved in Bhutan and in Australia. Some difficulties are also identified. The paper is a useful case study for workers and academics involved in, or contemplating, development assistance projects.  相似文献   

Access and Equity: A Case Analysis of Local Implementation under the Higher Education Equity Programme     

Peter J. McNamee  Graham S. Maxwell 《高等教育研究与发展》1993,12(2):207-223

The Access and Equity Programme at the University of Southern Queensland is an example of a program supported by the Commonwealth Government's Higher Education Equity Programme. The characteristics of this program are discussed in terms of its context, focus and rationale, structure and components, and outcomes. The program is seen to be successful in fulfilling the aim of such programs to promote greater access to higher education from disadvantaged groups. However, it is also concluded that: the required focus on defined target groups can itself be inequitable by ignoring cases of individual disadvantage; the need for quota selection leaves the least capable without any support for their aspirations; and the almost exclusive concentration on prerequisite academic knowledge leaves some without sufficient awareness and adaptability to cope with the demands of higher education.  相似文献