A model for using a concept inventory as a tool for students' assessment and faculty professional development     

Marbach-Ad G  McAdams KC  Benson S  Briken V  Cathcart L  Chase M  El-Sayed NM  Frauwirth K  Fredericksen B  Joseph SW  Lee V  McIver KS  Mosser D  Quimby BB  Shields P  Song W  Stein DC  Stewart R  Thompson KV  Smith AC 《CBE life sciences education》2010,9(4):408-416

This essay describes how the use of a concept inventory has enhanced professional development and curriculum reform efforts of a faculty teaching community. The Host Pathogen Interactions (HPI) teaching team is composed of research and teaching faculty with expertise in HPI who share the goal of improving the learning experience of students in nine linked undergraduate microbiology courses. To support evidence-based curriculum reform, we administered our HPI Concept Inventory as a pre- and postsurvey to approximately 400 students each year since 2006. The resulting data include student scores as well as their open-ended explanations for distractor choices. The data have enabled us to address curriculum reform goals of 1) reconciling student learning with our expectations, 2) correlating student learning with background variables, 3) understanding student learning across institutions, 4) measuring the effect of teaching techniques on student learning, and 5) demonstrating how our courses collectively form a learning progression. The analysis of the concept inventory data has anchored and deepened the team's discussions of student learning. Reading and discussing students' responses revealed the gap between our understanding and the students' understanding. We provide evidence to support the concept inventory as a tool for assessing student understanding of HPI concepts and faculty development.  相似文献   

Vectors     

Kay Larson 《Curator: The Museum Journal》2010,53(1):7-9

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Socially constructed environmental issues and sport: A content analysis of Ski Resort Environmental Communications     

Sam Spector  Chris Chard  Cheryl Mallen  Craig Hyatt 《Sport Management Review》2012,15(4):416-433

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The future of natural selection knowledge measurement: A reply to Anderson et al. (2010)     

Ross H. Nehm  Irvin Sam Schonfeld 《科学教学研究杂志》2010,47(3):358-362

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Book reviews     

Sam Hicken 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》1989,37(4):78-80

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Socialization experiences and coping strategies of adults raised using spoken language     

Bain L  Scott S  Steinberg AG 《Journal of deaf studies and deaf education》2004,9(1):120-128

This investigation concerned the socialization experiences and coping strategies of a group of 28 deaf adults who were raised using spoken language. Most respondents reported some level of social isolation because of (1) limitations in communication with hearing peers; (2) missing information in social, academic, and work settings; and (3) a sense of being "different." Most participants also reported strategies used to reduce isolation and mitigate the social difficulties associated with their hearing loss.  相似文献   

An exploratory study on collaborative modes of professional development and learning for teachers of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)          下载免费PDF全文

Fuk Chuen Ho  Cici Sze‐Ching Lam  Sam Ka‐lam Sam  Michael Arthur‐Kelly 《Support for Learning》2018,33(2):142-164

This study aims to deliver a school‐based mode of training for in‐service teachers of students with ASD in Hong Kong. The training is delivered following the phases of implementation science, namely, exploration, installation, and implementation. The project team used the theory of mind approach, which enables teachers to engage with students with ASD and to focus on recognizing and reacting to emotions. Participants in this study included four educators from a teacher education institution, three expert teachers, and 19 in‐service teacher trainees. The most salient responses came from trainees who were provided with the opportunity to apply learned skills in their own classrooms immediately and to share the knowledge and skills in dealing with students with ASD in the post‐conference meetings.  相似文献   

Physical Space and the Resource-Based View of the College     

Sam J. Fugazzotto 《Innovative Higher Education》2010,35(4):245-259

Space serves as a key resource for colleges and universities, and institutions exchange information about it with each other and with prospective students. Using content analysis to examine several widely circulated publications, this study looked for differences in the value attributed to space when institutional leaders present it to students and to other institutions. More broadly, I hope to suggest how differences in the presentation of space could indicate divergent priorities that can damage institutional trustworthiness.  相似文献   

Two special papers in this issue of Discourse     

Bob Lingard  Martin Mills  Victoria Carrington  Greg Thompson  Sam Sellar 《Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education》2015,36(3):303-305

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Technology use and learning characteristics of students in higher education: Do generational differences exist?          下载免费PDF全文

Kwok‐Wing Lai  Kian‐Sam Hong 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2015,46(4):725-738

As digital technologies form an inextricable part of young people's everyday lives, some commentators claim that the current generation of learners think and learn differently from their predecessors. This study investigated the validity of this claim by surveying 799 undergraduate and 81 postgraduate students at a large research‐intensive university in New Zealand to document their use of digital technologies on university and social activities and comparing three age groups of students (under 20, 20–30 and over 30) to see whether there were any differences in their learning characteristics. The findings of the study showed that while students spent a large amount of time on digital technologies, the range of digital technologies they used was rather limited. There were also no practical generational differences in the technology use pattern and learning characteristics found in this study. The results of this study suggest that generation is not a determining factor in students' use of digital technologies for learning nor has generation had a radical impact on learning characteristics of higher education students.  相似文献