scholarly journals Taking on a New Grading System: The Interconnected Effects of Standards-Based Grading on Teaching, Learning, Assessment, and Student Behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-92
Author(s):  
Megan Knight ◽  
Robyn Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Growth ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Student Behaviors ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Standards Based Grading ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study explored high school teachers’ perceptions of the effects of standards-based grading (SBG) on planning, instruction, assessment, classroom management, and student behaviors. Findings indicated that despite some infidelity and an initial implementation dip, systemic (SBG) changes made teaching clearer, more purposeful, and more conducive to student needs while enhancing student growth mind-set and ownership. The researchers concluded SBG is a viable reform because it makes teaching and learning more focused, effective, and enjoyable. Findings also led to several recommendations for administrators and teachers.

Teaching and Learning With Artificial Intelligence

2021 ◽  
pp. 73-98
Author(s):  
Libi Shen ◽  
Irene Chen ◽  
Anne Grey ◽  
Anchi Su
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Curriculum Assessment ◽  
Education Major ◽  
Fast Speed ◽  
Artificial Intelligence In Education ◽  
Teaching Learning

Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing at a fast speed and has incessantly impacted the modern world for decades. AI technologies are beneficial for all kinds of industries, including businesses, economics, transportation, hospitals, schools, universities, and so forth. Many researchers have investigated the development of artificial intelligence in education (AIEd), specifically on how AI assists teaching, learning, assessment, references, and collaboration. Several questions arise. What impact do AI technologies have on education? How do AI technologies assist teaching (e.g., curriculum, assessment, student learning, and teaching practices)? How do teachers cope with AI Technologies in education? What are the ethical concerns of AI technologies? What are the barriers of AI-based learning in education? The purpose of this chapter is to explore the evolution and the challenges of AI technologies in education. Major research on AI from 1999 to 2019 will be reviewed. Problems with AI in education will be raised and solutions for solving the issues will be recommended.

Managing Behavior or Promoting Engagement?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Management ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classroom Behavior ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Student Behaviors ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Classroom Behavior Management ◽  
Wrong Direction ◽  
Increasing Trend

Classroom behavior management has consistently been recognized as a central issue of importance in staff well-being, student success, and school culture. For decades, theories and models on how best to “manage” the behavior of students for a productive classroom have showed an increasing trend away from teacher-controlled reactive approaches to misbehavior toward more student-centered strategies to prevent misbehavior. Focusing on managing student behavior, either reactively or proactively, is coming at the problem from the wrong direction. The student behaviors that most affect teaching and learning in our classrooms are low-level disruptive, or “disengaged,” behaviors. These disengaged behaviors are best understood as indications of a student’s weakened affective or cognitive engagement with school. Schools wishing to have less disengaged behaviors need to refocus their lens on these behaviors, from how to “manage” them to how to strengthen targeted areas of engagement. This has direct implications for reforming classroom practices as well as school polices on behavior management.

iPads in the Classroom

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 74-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet M. Ferguson ◽  
James N. Oigara
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
New York ◽  
Middle School Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Teaching Learning

In education, new technologies are used to improve the process of teaching and learning. This study examined middle school teachers' perceptions regarding the use of iPads for instruction. The participants, 53 middle school teachers in Western New York, responded to an online survey, asking them questions about how they felt about the 1:1 iPad initiative at their school. Data analysis included open and axial coding for identification of themes and patterns, as well as quantitative statistical analysis. The results showed mixed findings, as some teachers believed that iPads had a positive impact on the teaching-learning process by improving student engagement and communication, while some responded with concerns that iPads caused student distraction and allowed off-task behaviors in the classroom. The findings also suggest that teachers need targeted professional development on pedagogical and practical use of this technology to be able to successfully integrate it into their practice.

scholarly journals Challenges of Teacher Autonomy for Professional Competence

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
Purna Bahadur Kadel
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Teacher Autonomy ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Digital Books ◽  
Phenomenological Research Design ◽  
The Impact

Teacher autonomy is essential for their professional competence. Unless they are accountable at their profession, there will not be any positive output in the domain of teaching and learning.  The main objectives of this study were to explore the teachers' perceptions on the impact of teacher autonomy in enhancing their professional competences, to identify how far the level of teacher autonomy affects the professional competences of the teachers, and to investigate the existing practices of teacher autonomy at Tribhuvan University. The phenomenological research design was adopted to accomplish this study. Ten English teachers at least 2 from each of 5constituent colleges of Tribhuvan University were selected as a sample using purposive non-random sampling procedure to collect data. Semi-structured in-depth interview and classroom observations were administered as tools to elicit data to address the objectives of this study. The findings were obsolete of teaching and learning activities and classroom management due to the lack of online digital books and articles in the library, lack of blended between online Moodle and face to face mode of pedagogy, lack of technological pedagogical and content knowledge, no teacher autonomy in curriculum designing, and no grants for travelling and lack of daily allowances to teachers to attend the conference, seminar, and workshop at home and abroad.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Views on the Utility of the Teacher’s File

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enos Moeti Makhele
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Experiential Learning Theory ◽  
Professional Teacher ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Teaching Learning

In 2010, the Department of Basic Education instructed its teachers to maintain a teacher's file. This article reports on a research project which described teachers’ views on the utility of the teacher’s file and its relationship to skill of reflection related continuous professional teacher development (CPTD). The research described the meaning and the sense teachers attached to maintaining this file in the light of assumptions and principles of the experiential learning theory (ELT).  It also probed ideas related to how the file could be improved and developed into a resource that contributes to the professional development of teachers in terms of teaching, learning and assessment (TLA). The study utilized interviews and document study as tools to collect data which were later analyzed and interpreted to arrive at the research findings and recommendations. The study found that all teachers regarded the teachers' file as an administrative tool which had nothing to do with their own professional development. They regarded it as a management tool which was meant to monitor them. The study found that to acquire more meaning to the teacher, the file must be enhanced to include more teacher advancement related matters. In view of the teachers' feelings that the file was purely administrative, the Department of Basic Education could review its current format and render it relevant to the professional development of the teacher. The aspects of professional development must include specific areas such as teaching, learning, assessment, classroom management and administration.

scholarly journals Avaliação integrada ao processo ensino-aprendizagem em Ciências: uma proposta aplicada aos anos finais do Ensino Fundamental

ForScience ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e00716
Author(s):  
Paula Bernardes Braga ◽  
Andressa Giarola Alves
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teaching Learning

Neste trabalho, discutimos a avaliação como parte do processo ensino-aprendizagem. Até a década de 80, as provas escritas, sendo elas discursivas ou objetivas, eram o elemento central do processo de avaliação, sendo consideradas o único método para se avaliar. Porém, a partir da década de 90, a comunidade educacional começou a perceber que a avaliação deveria ir além do seu caráter classificatório passando a ser um procedimento diagnóstico e somativo. Para isso, a avaliação deve estar aliada aos processos de ensino e aprendizagem, sendo um processo bem mais abrangente denominado Ensino-Aprendizagem-Avaliação (ONUCHIC; ALLEVATO, 2011). Dessa maneira, faz-se necessário repensarmos as práticas em sala de aula e buscarmos alternativas que integrem esses três importantes mecanismos. Nesse sentido, o objetivo do presente trabalho foi verificar a funcionalidade de um método de avaliação que promova a aprendizagem dos alunos. Relatamos uma experiência de avaliação realizada com alunos dos anos finais do Ensino Fundamental, utilizando a Avaliação por observação com intervenção imediata no ensino de Ciências aliada ao método de Resolução de problemas. Apesar desse método de avaliação ainda ser pouco utilizado, principalmente no Ensino fundamental, concluímos que é uma metodologia eficaz de avaliação que pode ser utilizada na promoção da aprendizagem, inclusive no ensino de Ciências. Palavras-chave: Avaliação. Ensino-Aprendizagem-Avaliação. Resolução de problemas.   Integrated evaluation of the teaching-learning process in science: a proposal applied to the final years of elementary school Abstract In this article, the evaluate as component of the teaching-learning process was discussed. Until the 1980s, written tests (whether discursive or objective), were the central element for the evaluation process, being considered the unique method for this purpose. However, from the 90's, the educational community realized that the evaluation should overcome its classificatory character, becoming a diagnostic and summative procedure. For this purpose, the evaluation must be connected to the teaching and learning processes, as a much more comprehensive process, namely Teaching-Learning-Assessment (Onuchic; Allevato, 2011). In this sense, it's necessary to rethink classroom practices, and look for alternatives that could integrate these three important mechanisms. In this way, the aim of the present paper was to verify the functionality of an evaluation method, which could promotes students learning. It was reported an evaluation experience with the final years of Elementary School students, using the Observation Assessment with immediate intervention in the Sciences teaching, associated to the Problem Solving method. Although this evaluation method is not largely used, mainly in Elementary School, this assessment methodology was reported as effective, which can be employed to promote learning,  including in Science teaching. Keywords: Evaluate. Teaching-Learning-Assessment. Problem Solving method.

scholarly journals A Transformation of Backward by Design Model to Designing a Curriculum

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Elisabet Dewi Rumanti
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Design Model ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Concept Understanding ◽  
Christian Worldview ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Meaningful Experiences

<p>An educational institution need a curriculum design to organize teaching and learning activities. All models of curriculum design have its own uniqueness. Since the curriculum design will be affected to all objective, teaching, learning, assessment, and express presuppositions of how the education going on that school. In this essay, therefore backward by design model is reviewed in the biblical Christian worldview context with creation, fall, redemption, and glorification approaching concept. Understanding as the main focus of backward by design model need to bring into the concept of biblical truth to see the big picture of God’s design for His creation. God’s purposeful design will affect our worldview; the way we see all aspect in life. Accordingly, the biblical Christian worldview help us to bring unit into context to give a true meaningful experiences. As the result, reconstruction of backward by design model as the transforming curriculum design to be implemented in Christian education.</p>

Teaching Writing to Tertiary EFL Large Classes: Challenges and Prospects

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
Lalla Meriem Ouahidi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Large Classes ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Large Groups

The rapid population growth, the excessive demand for higher education, and the increasing interest in English are behind the appearance of large classes at the Moroccan Departments of English in higher education institutions. The current study sheds light on teachers' experiences and probes into the challenges they encounter in teaching writing to large groups. Additionally, it seeks to provide some insights into how teachers approach this thorny issue. To achieve this end, the researcher opted for semi-structured interviews as a qualitative tool to cast light on teachers' perceptions of this issue and disclose the strategies they deploy to make teaching and learning of the writing skill conducive to productive outcomes. The findings reveal that university teachers face various problems in over-sized cohorts, including feedback, assessment, and classroom management. In the light of the findings, some suggested strategies will be set so that teachers working in similar contexts can implement them successfully.

scholarly journals Teachers and Technology: Trends in English Language Teaching in Saudi Arabia

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Farooq ◽  
Abdul Soormro
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Teaching Learning

Technology has impacted the learning approaches and vice-versa with an aim to improve the standards of language teaching/learning process. The present study focuses on teachers’ preferences and use of technology in their language classrooms. A survey was conducted to seek opinion of EFL teachers both male and female at the English language center on technology-related competencies. The survey comprised four domains: planning and preparation, classroom management, instruction, and professional responsibilities (Danielson, 2007).The questionnaire was distributed to 100 English language teachers (50 males and 50 females) at Taif University English Language Centre. The responses revealed that most of the teachers thought aware of the technology and its uses in education don’t integrate technology in their teaching at planning and preparation stage. They use the available technological gadget in the classroom to exploit some of the activities. They must use the university LMS for uploading certain activities and assessment otherwise they hesitate to design technology-based activities for English language learners. They and the students need training in integrating technology with teaching and learning process.

scholarly journals LEARNING COMMUNITY AS STRATEGY IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-157
Author(s):  
Syarfuni
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Model Learning ◽  
Learning Group ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Contextual Teaching ◽  
Teaching Learning

The goal of this writing is to explore the learning speaking through learning community. Learning community is of element of contextual teaching and learning. Contextual teaching and learning (CTL) is approaches to be most effective in student learning, teachers must plan, implement, reflect upon, and revise lessons. Such plans are based on CTL principles and approaches that require teachers to serve in the following roles: facilitator, organizer of the teaching/learning/assessment process, role model, learning mentor, content specialist, and knowledge dispenser. A learning community is a model of teaching and learning that has been consistently shown to improve students’ speaking. The reason why learning community can enhance the students’ in expressing idea because it has the meaning as follows: 1).Group of learning which communicate to share the idea and experience, 2).Working together to solve the problem and 3).The responsibility of each member of learning group.

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