Evaluation category: 669 books
Handbook of Intelligence
Evolutionary Theory, Historical Perspective, and Current Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Numerous functions, cognitive skills, and behaviors are associated with intelligence, yet decades of research has yielded little consensus on its definition. Emerging from often conflicting studies is the provocative idea that intelligence evolved as an adaptation humans needed to keep up with –...
Critical Issues and Practices in Gifted Education
What the Research Says
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Critical Issues and Practices in Gifted Education: What the Research Says is the definitive reference book for those searching for a summary and evaluation of the literature on giftedness and gifted education. The book presents almost 50 summaries of important topics in the field, providing relevant...
Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education
Cross-National Comparisons and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
This book offers a comprehensive overview of current, innovative approaches to assessing generic and domain-specific learning outcomes in higher education at both national and international levels. It discusses the most significant initiatives over the past decade to develop objective, valid, and...
Measuring Agreement
Models, Methods, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Presents statistical methodologies for analyzing common types of data from method comparison experiments and illustrates their applications through detailed case studies
Measuring Agreement: Models, Methods, and Applications features statistical evaluation of agreement between two or more methods...
Learning From Others
International Comparisons in Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
Diane Shorrocks-Taylor School of Education, University of Leeds,UK In September 1998, a conference was held at the University of Leeds entitled ‘International comparisons of pupil performance: issues and policy’. It was arranged by two groups within the School of Education at the University, the...
by Trevor Rayment
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
With its inevitable dependency on the essential, and often contested, nature of art, the subject of assessment or evaluation in art and design education remains a matter of continuing controversy. This collection of essays examines the principal issues as they relate to the main phases of formal education,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
This book is written by a diverse cohort of American educators, including professors, teachers, and school administrators from preK to college levels. They come from disciplinary areas of child development, special education, English as a second language, counseling, technology, school administration,...
Assessment for Excellence
The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
The second edition of Assessment for Excellence arrives as higher education enters a new era of the accountability movement. In the face of mandates such as results-based funding and outcomes-based accreditation, institutions and assessment specialists are feeling increasingly pressured to demonstrate...
by Cynthia G. Parshall, Judith A. Spray, John Kalohn
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book introduces computer-based testing, addressing both nontechnical and technical considerations. The material is oriented toward practitioners and graduate students. The practical emphasis will be useful to measurement professionals who are or will be responsible for implementing a computerized...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Achievement assessment has undergone a major shift, from what some call a `culture of testing' to a `culture of assessment'. Nowadays, a strong emphasis is placed on the integration of assessment and instruction, on assessing processes rather than just products, and on evaluating individual progress...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
This book presents an integrated and coordinated framework for assessing developmental, psychological, and behavioral disorders in early childhood. Expert contributors advocate for natural-environment methods in addition to standardized measures in assessing academic and social skills as well as age-specific...
NAGC Pre-KGrade 12 Gifted Education Programming Standards
A Guide to Planning and Implementing High-Quality Services
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
The new Pre-KGrade 12 Gifted Education Programming Standards should be part of every school district's repertoire of standards to ensure that the learning needs of advanced students are being met. NAGC Pre-KGrade 12 Gifted Education Programming Standards: A Guide to Planning and Implementing High-Quality...
Personnel Priorities in Schools Today
Hiring, Supervising, and Evaluating Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
Although administrators have many responsibilities, none is more critical to the school, student, and their personal success than the hiring, supervising, and evaluating teachers. The research evidence is clear. Excellent teachers make the difference in how well students achieve and how much schools...
by Captain Alvite
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
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