Reconceptualising educational assessment in South Africa — testing times for teachers

This paper explores some of the problems arising when Continuous Assessment (CA) is grafted onto established pedagogic practices. It focuses on three issues: teachers' restricted understandings of assessment, teachers' emphasis on criteria that demonstrate concern with social control, and some of the problems connected with peer assessment. Two vignettes derived from fieldwork associated with a project to improve the quality of primary education are used to raise the issues. We argue that the development of desired practices is hampered above all by tacit values in tension with those underpinning the new curriculum. These values, together with the complexity of curriculum design, create serious problems of manageability and interpretation, which can only be addressed through detailed interactive in-service training, aimed at reconceptualising teachers' notions of assessment.     

中美体育专业教育发展之比较研究

通过对美国和我国体育专业教育的历史沿革进行详尽的阐述,然后对其进行比较研究,找出存在的问题与差异,结合我国的实际情况,指出我国可以从美国体育专业教育的发展与改革中获得有益的启示。同时,为我国体育专业教育的改革与发展提出建议。     

'I Hate You. Please Help Me': A Case Study From A Classic Boxall Nurture Group

This article is a case study of a five year old boy, Peter, and his entry and development within a classic Boxall Nurture Group. The author explores nurture groups in general as well as describing Peter's assessment, his challenging behaviour, the support he received and the final outcomes of the work.     

提高开放教育金融本科毕业论文质量的思考

毕业论文是培养学生综合应用专业知识分析和解决工作实践中的具体问题的重要的实践性教学环节。开放教育金融本科学员的毕业论文质量存在诸多问题,原因不仅有学员自身的,也包括指导教师、办学单位和试点教学管理等方面的,因而要提高开放教育金融本科毕业论文质量,必须从全方位入手。     

After assessment: application of the results of an acquisitions teams survey

This paper will briefly discuss the team structure at the Pennsylvania State University Libraries, and the reasoning behind a recently completed teams assessment survey. It is extremely important to act on information gathered from surveys, and not just file it away. The focus of the paper, therefore, will be on the process we developed to implement and act upon the results of the assessment survey. The work with the University’s Human Resources Development Center to develop a tool to guide the staff through the process will be examined and discussed at length.     

运用多元决策数学模型评价体育实验教学质量的研究

立足于体育实验教学实际，通过查阅文献资料、专家咨询调查等方法，并借鉴已有的教学评价经验，运用模糊数学原理和统计学理论，构建出体育实验教学质量评价指标体系和方法体系。它对于加强实验教学管理，促进实验教学质量的提高具有重要的实际意义。     

高校思想道德修养课量化考核研究

高等学校开设的思相道德修养课，是对大学生进行思想道德教育的主渠道，然而，现行的教学模式存在很多弊端，不仅施教过程中严重脱离实际，耐用考核也缺乏科学性，不能考出受教育的真实水平，改革现行的教学模式，势在必。而改革现行的考核办法，实施量化考核则是关键环节。     

城镇居民全民健身状况综合评价方法研究

根据城镇居民开展全民健身运动的实际情况，论述了综合评价的方法和原则，建立了评价指标体系的逻辑关系图，提出了采用数学方法来探讨评价事物的整体情况。结论阐述了该评价方法的不同用途及使用过程中的注意事项。     

Accommodations for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Large-Scale, Standardized Assessments: Surveying the Landscape and Charting a New Direction

Students who are deaf or hard of hearing (SDHH) often use test accommodations when they participate in large-scale, standardized assessments. The purpose of this article is to present findings from the Third Annual Survey of Assessment and Accommodations for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. The "big five" accommodations were reported by at least two-thirds of the 389 participants: extended time, small group/individual administration, test directions interpreted, test items read aloud, and test items interpreted. In a regression analysis, language used in instruction showed the most significant effects on accommodations use. The article considers these findings in light of a more proactive role for the National Survey in providing evidence for the effectiveness of accommodations with SDHH.