My Journey With Annemarie Roeper: Lessons Learned Along the Way

For over 70 years Annemarie Roeper was able to breathe new life into many aspects of giftedness and gifted education. Capturing the magic of such a charismatic and visionary leader is a challenge. However, stories and storytelling provide a pathway into the narrative of Annemarie’s life as it evolved from young adulthood to elderhood. This article provides the lessons learned during a long-standing friendship and insights into her multidimensional personality.     

Human Relations: The Cornerstone of a Roeper Education

This article traces the evolution of a moral philosophy curriculum originally taught by George A. Roeper in the earliest years of The Roeper School. The first author, a student at The Roeper School in the 1960s and 1970s, describes the impact of the class George Roeper called “Human Relations” on her life. Returning to the School as a parent and trustee, she had the opportunity to re-create for current students the experience of the Human Relations class in a workshop, liberally borrowing material from a philosophy class taught by Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel. In the second part of the article, a current English teacher at The Roeper School and attendee at that workshop discusses how she was inspired to revise her literature courses to incorporate the moral philosophy approach of George Roeper and Michael Sandel.     

Assessment and Learning of Qualitative Physics in Newton's Playground

ABSTRACT

Digital games are very popular in modern culture. The authors are examining ways to leverage these engaging environments to assess and support student competencies. The authors examine gameplay and learning using a physics game they developed called Newton's Playground. The sample consisted of 167 eighth- and ninth-grade students who played Newton's Playground for about 4 hr over the course of 1.5 weeks. Findings include significant pretest–posttest physics gains, and significant relations between in-game indicators and learning.     

转型期我国体育教学评价探析——美国真实性评价的启示

运用文献资料法、逻辑分析法和比较分析法,对转型时期我国学校体育教学评价的改革进行了探讨,对当代美国学校真实性评价进行了解读,对真实性评价的特点规律及与传统评价的区别系统比较,阐明了我国学校体育评价需要借鉴的内容和改进的措施.     

高职院校研究性教育活动的一种新方法：质的研究

质的研究方法是一种通过在自然情境下的双向互动,对研究现象进行整体性探究、继而形成解释性理解的方法。高职院校借助该种方法开展研究性教育活动,能够提升教学实践的效果,有助锻炼教师的科研能力,推进院本教研模式的创新。     

How Reliable Are Our Assessment Data?: A Comparison of the Reliability of Data Produced in Graded and Un-Graded Conditions

Motivating students to perform well on assessment tests is difficult when students know the results have no academic consequence. The present study evaluates the influence of assessment context (graded vs. non-graded) on the reliability of an assessment measure. Results indicate the graded condition produces higher reliability (r= .71) than the non-graded condition (r = .29), which leads to unacceptably low reliability. Moreover, the graded condition produces significantly higher scores (M = 64%), than the non-graded condition (M = 43%). Only students in the graded condition (41%) obtained passing scores of 70% or above.     

"真实性评估"在信息技术课教学评估中实现与应用

真实性评估,弥补了传统评估只重视基础知识的学习而忽略学生社会知识建构的历程的不足。信息技术课的评价方式引入真实性评估,学生不但学到了书本知识,更能利用所学的知识去解决现实生活中所遇到的问题。在信息技术课中采用传统评估和真实性评估相结合的方式,更有利于学生能力的提高及促进教师教学过程的改进。     

Assessment in higher education in the professions: action research as an authentic assessment task

The argument of this article is that assessment in higher education in the professions can benefit from quality assessment tasks linked to professional practice. Such an assessment task would need to be authentic requiring considerable intellectual skill as well as attending to the realities of professional demands. The idea of authentic assessment is developed by using five of Boud et al.'s propositions in higher educational assessment. This idea is illustrated by the use of action research in a teaching internship, that is, data driven learning in the workplace which also serves as an assessment task in the final year of a professional Bachelor degree. Some difficulties and some illustrative, positive student reactions are presented.     

Navigating Mandates and Working toward Coherence: Our Journey with a High-Stakes Teacher Performance Assessment

Abstract

This article details the experiences of four teacher education faculty members as we navigated the consequential implementation of a state-mandated high stakes teacher performance assessment in our educator preparation program. By shifting our perspective from simply complying with an assessment mandate to considering how we can leverage implementation of high stakes performance assessment as a vehicle for program inquiry, we were able to gain significant insight into our practice.     

绩效评估:一种有效的远程教育学习评价方式

本文主要通过分析远程教育学习评价现状，阐述绩效评估引入的原因、评价目的、评价内容、绩效评估构建和实施情况。     

质的研究方法在高职课程研究中的运用

质的教育研究强调对教育研究对象的意义进行“解释性理解”、主张在自然条件下进行教育研究,研究者与研究对象之间是平等、互动的关系。当前高职课程改革的发展特征,为质的研究方法的运用提供了契机。从聚焦高职课程的具体问题到撰写研究报告整个研究过程,质的研究方法都具有独特的操作程序和重要意义。     

论质的研究方法在我国比较教育研究中的应用

目前质的研究方法已经成为国际范围内比较教育研究的主流方法,而我国的比较教育研究仍以文献研究为主,在方法论上具有一定的局限性。将质的研究方法应用于我国的比较教育研究,将会使比较教育研究呈现出新的特征。     

中国比较教育研究发展:质性研究路径选择

本文提出中国比较教育研究发展的质性研究路径选择议题,着重讨论了其合理性、必要性、制度保障等内容.文章重点讨论了中国比较教育研究中比较的不充分性问题,具体表现为:比较单位的整体性和局部性之间的矛盾,对象国之间教育优势和劣势的比较认知差距,比较单位的历史性和当代性之间非一致性,比较单位的文明性和现实性之间的落差,比较单位实践论和认识论之间的不可通约性,比较单位的本体论和价值论之间的不可调和性,比较单位之间的时间错位性,比较教育学者的研究身份在本土性和他国性的研究对象选择上的分隔性,比较教育理论建构的中国力量不足.进而论证中国比较教育研究发展的质性研究路径选择的必要性,并提出中国比较教育研究发展的质性研究路径选择的制度保障的建议.     

论质的方法在我国比较教育微观研究中的应用

质的研究方法在国外的比较教育研究中应用很多,而在我国的应用尚不普遍。本文就质的研究方法给我国比较教育微观层次研究所带来的新变化进行了探讨。     

过程本位:教师教育质量监测的路径选择

本文在提出和探讨"过程本位"教师教育质量监测模式的内涵与特征基础上,从传统教师教育质量监测制度的局限性、新时代教师教育改革的必然要求和信息技术的发展支撑等方面分析了转向"过程本位"教师教育质量监测的必要性,从树立科学的教师教育质量监测理念、重视教师教育过程中不断变化的"人"的因素、不断优化教师教育质量监测路径、根据监测结果不断完善教师教育质量监测制度等四个方面提出"过程本位"的教师教育质量监测实施路径。     

真实性评价:一种开拓性的高职学生评价方式

走进以知识经济为主旋律的时代,社会对高职教育培养人才规格的要求发生巨大的变化,作为测评和认定人才是否合格的教育评价体系显得尤为重要。然而我国对学生的评价仍然迷恋于传统的学生评价,其为人所诟病之处在于不能客观全面的评价学生。真实性评价作为一种新型的评价模式,契合了现行高职教育的课程和教学改革与发展需要,同时,以学生为中心,培养学生高级思维能力的发展,并将使"教、学、评"三者有机的结合起来一种评价方式。它以真实性、动态性、人本性、过程性的评价特征赢得了众多高等职业教育界人士的追捧和热议。     

美国英才教育中的选拔机制:能力要求与方法选择

英才的选拔是英才教育的起点和重点,美国在英才教育选拔方面积累了宝贵的经验。在能力要求上,联邦政策聚焦于智力水平、创新能力、艺术领域、领导能力以及特定学科领域。在此基础上,州政府对英才的能力要求已形成较大共识,但具体关注仍存在差异;在方法选择上,州政府开发并综合运用推选、标准化测验和其他非正式方法。美国的经验对我国英才教育选拔机制的形成与完善具有很强的借鉴意义。     

合格性评价:基础教育评价的应然选择

我国基础教育评价中的选拔性评价几乎替代了合格性评价,这是基础教育走向均衡发展过程中的一个根本症结。这种取向异化了现代基础教育的性质,限制了青少年儿童的个性,也使高等教育和精英教育迷失了真正意义上的公平起点。基础教育应当以培养普通劳动者为具体目标,它的评价应当由选拔性评价转向合格性评价。具有法定权威的基础教育评价应当严格规约底线,宽松释放顶线,把基础教育从普通高等学校入学考试竞争中剥离出来。基础教育选择合格性评价,对社会人力资源、高等教育以及基础教育自身都具有可持续发展的意义。     

The role of authentic assessment in developing authentic leadership identity and competencies

The need to develop assessment practices that are contextualised, meaningful for students and closely linked to real-world challenges has been increasingly recognised in higher education. This is particularly relevant for leadership development programmes that are assumed to have a work context embedded in their content and assessment components. Assessment practices currently used in higher education focus mostly on testing academic knowledge, rather than on enhancing leadership competencies. This research used an abductive approach to investigate how the application of authentic assessment can assist in developing authentic leadership competencies. Thematic analysis of written reflections of 24 students revealed that authentic assessment, accompanied by self-reflection, not only enhanced students’ comprehension of theories and improved their leadership skills but, more notably, helped students develop elements of self-concept, which is a key aspect of authentic leadership. Our findings demonstrate that authentic assessment combined with a reflective piece can assist students in the development of their self-understanding and authenticity as leaders.     

The impact of PISA and the interrelation and development of assessment policy and assessment theory in Japan

PISA presents a new image for academic achievement, which has prompted Japanese education reforms over the past decade to innovate teaching and learning for ‘PISA-style literacy’. Supported by theoretical foundations, particularly with regard to the concept of ‘PISA literacy’ and ‘authentic assessment’, these reforms have accomplished progress in the focus on higher order competencies, such as application and the development of new assessment strategies. However, more recently, various critical discussions of ‘PISA literacy’ are underway in the Japanese academy. They interrogate it more critically and reveal the narrow emphasis on functional application and technical operation. Current assessment practices, which tend to fall into ‘criteria compliance’, are in urgent need of review. There is a need to extend the critical discussions in progress to the new assessment strategies. This paper responds to this, by considering the Japanese acceptance of ‘PISA literacy’ and its assessment, discussing the features and limitations.