How healthy is your school? Seven effective steps are outlined for Adventist teachers and administrators wanting to re-evaluate the health program in their school by using education research procedures. A sample survey for gathering information from par...
How do Adventist elementary and secondary schools measure up academically to their private and public school counterparts? CognitiveGenesis seeks to answer the question, 'What impact does Adventist education have on the academic performance of students?'...
Most graduate schools in the United States require applicants to submit writing samples, letters of recommendation, honors, grades in major, undergraduate GPA, and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. Of these requirements, GRE scores are the most h...
How do you measure competency? Dale Johnson addresses the challenges of an increasingly competitive educational environment. Johnson defines competency, discusses the challenges of ascertaining test validity, identifies legal challenges, emphasizes the n...
The purpose of this study was to know the students' perception of the teaching-learning process and evaluation by competencies in subjects of Food Engineering and Environmental Engineering at the Universidad Peruana Unión. This qualitative research was de...
In the present research, the Positive Emotions Questionnaire (CEP) was constructed. It was administered to a sample of 287 adolescent students between 14 and 19 years old, belonging to the middle class of Entre Ríos, Argentina. Exploratory factor analyses...
"Clear documentation of goals, content, outcomes and associated assessment procedures has become a critical part of higher education policy and practice. An analysis of the course outlines provided by the faculty of one institution over the period from 20...
There are certain guidelines to follow to create an objective exam. Test early and often: Gives more opportunities for success, providing feedback and reducing the penalty of extraneous factors. Write items immediately after covering the topic in class: E...
This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation demonstrates that developing a brief and useful strategic plan need not be difficult. This seminar identifies the steps that can be taken, building on what your school has already done, to provide a practical...
School climate in schools can be approached from the perception of administrators, teachers, parents or students. Understanding that the purpose of any educational institution is the formation of the student and that school climate has to do especially wi...
This 2012 NAD presentation explores teaching strategies in a multi-grade classroom. The presentation also contains research-based findings about multi-grade teaching.
The purpose of this paper is to present the construction process of the Job Satisfaction Scale, in its version for teachers (ESLA-education), and the results obtained after the study of its psychometric properties. We worked with a sample of 303 teachers,...
Project-based learning is a student-centered teaching model. It develops skills and content-area knowledge through an extended assignment, which promotes student inquiry and authentic demonstration of learning, in products and
performance. Project-based ...
According to Backhoff, Peon and Sanchez (2005) multiple-choice items can be used in different contexts and for different purposes. They are used to evaluate factual knowledge, higher-order intellectual skills, or attitudinal and evaluative dispositions. W...
The monitoring of teaching has led to the use of various strategies and criteria to evaluate performance: (a) the application of nationally standardized tests to assess teacher performance, (b) expert judgment, (c) student grades in a particular course, a...
This article presents some reflections on the formal examination and its importance for the integral formation of the student, from the perspective provided by the philosophy of Christian education. Starting from the awareness of the purpose of Christian ...
"In the present study we analyzed [gender] differences in cognitive abilities and their relationship in regard to the academic
performance in beginner students from the Universidad Empresarial Siglo 21. For this purpose, we applied five
subtests from th...
This article argues for the need to complement the traditional way of measuring educational quality. For this purpose, some Chilean educational policies are reviewed and some ideas are put forward to evaluate school coexistence. An instrument is offered t...
Garland Dulan explores the extent to which Adventist elementary, secondary, and tertiary institutions periodically assess their mission statements, and the role of mission in shaping the attitudes, competencies, and values desired of students. Also in th...
Fowler shares a report from the first ever Summit on Seventh-day Adventist higher education held in Loma Linda, California, March 19-21, 1997. Two major themes dominated both the individual and group presentations: Why are we operating colleges and univ...
The learning portfolio is a flexible, evidence-based tool that introduces students to a process of continuous reflection and collaborative analysis of their learning and educational project. It focuses on intentionally and collaboratively selected reflect...
In this paper we intend to demonstrate that traditional education does not consider the person as the center of the teaching-learning process. It is focused on the fulfillment of objectives, rote learning with limited understanding, and models that have m...
Conducting a needs assessment is crucial to evaluating whether lesson/unit goals and objectives have been met, and this article offers guidelines for doing so, along with ways to tailor lesson plans to the needs and abilities of a given classroom using a ...
In this article, the author examines supervision at the college level. Three dogmatic statements about supervision are discussed. A history of supervision in the Philippines is presented. The author discusses actual visit(s) by supervisors and suggests th...
A review of the literature on teacher performance in the context of educational reforms in Latin America, as well as of performance evaluation systems in different countries, is developed.
Tuning Latin America is a joint effort that seeks and builds languages and mechanisms for the reciprocal understanding of higher education systems that facilitate transnational and transregional recognition processes. It has been conceived as a space for ...
Research is a human activity aimed at obtaining new knowledge and, in this way, occasionally providing solutions to scientific problems or questions. But there are different methods to evaluate a research. This is a list by which it is possible to do it.
An example of objectives and principles to be considered to maximize institutional performance and organizational effectiveness in Adventist elementary, secondary and tertiary schools. Ideas from this Southern-Asia Pacific Division sample may be adapted ...
An evaluation instrument developed by the Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD). It consists of two sections: an evaluation of the course and a teacher evaluation form.
A good question usually leads to another question that is derived from the answer to the first one, and in this way chains or sequences of questions are formed from which greater benefit is obtained than from using isolated pre-questions (Vogler, 2005). B...
Teaching quality assessment in higher education is a difficult and sometimes tricky business. In its popular conception it appears mostly related to measurement, accreditation and discipline, but is rarely associated with pleasurable situations.
The "bus...
This article begins with an overview of recent developments in adult learning assessment. Assuming that this is a field that requires its own concepts and methodologies, the reflection focuses on three central issues: what specific aspects should be consi...
The article begins by defining standardized measurement and assessment in education and describing the state of its global situation at present, particularly as it relates to international performance assessment studies. It explores the relationship betwe...
The portfolio is a teaching, learning and assessment technique. It consists of a collection of a student's work to demonstrate his or her efforts, achievements and progress in a specific area or subject. The portfolio has been incorporated into education...
The research provides an instrument for the evaluation of Christian spirituality practices in high school students, seeking to contribute to the processes of verification of the achievement of denominational educational objectives, and to the establishmen...
The NAD second wave of faith maturity research provided interesting insights of students into the positive attributes of Adventist schools. These center on the themes of quality teaching, Adventist values, and school climate influences.
In order to carry out the Performance and Competency Assessment, it is important for the teacher to:
Select assessment tasks that are clearly connected to what has been taught.
Share the evaluation criteria.
Provide students with clear standards and ac...