Statistical Inference for the General Education Student-It Can Be Done

1977 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Allen H. Holmes ◽  
Walter Sanders ◽  
John LeDuc
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Statistical Inference ◽  
Education Student

Use of Robots to Help Students With Diverse Needs

2021 ◽  
pp. 74-90
Author(s):  
Ayşe Tuna
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
General Education ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Key Skills ◽  
Team Spirit ◽  
Education Robots ◽  
Socially Interactive Robots ◽  
Education Of Students

In most countries, the student population in schools continues to grow more diverse, and the unique learning needs of the students are recognized. In this respect, it is crucial to ensure that policies foster educational outcomes for all students, not just an average general education student. Since working on robots is very stimulating for especially young students, allowing them to develop key skills that will help them be successful during their school years and beyond in terms of problem-solving, creativity, scientific approach, and team spirit, robots are becoming more popular as an educational platform. For that reason, many types of robots are being involved in education. Robots with different features and capabilities, such as simple robots or socially interactive robots, are used in education, and usually, objectives and targets of a study and age group of students dictate the choices regarding robots. Considering the different roles of robots in education, in this chapter, the use of robots in the education of students with diverse needs is reviewed.

scholarly journals Promoting Effects of Abilities While Enhancing Probability of College-Success: A Moderation Role of Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-117
Author(s):  
Lemecha Wariyo ◽  
Amare Asgedom
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
College Readiness ◽  
College Success ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Conditional Effect

Studies revealed that college readiness promotes college success and higher education student learning outcomes. This study opted to 1) analyze the total effect and the conditional effect of college readiness on college success by university generations and departments; 2) analyze the differences in the probability of college success across departments and university generations; 3) describe the quality of university generations in terms of the conditional effects and the probabilities of college success. The study is an ex post facto research. The Ethiopian 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation universities; and the Ethiopian National Assessment and Evaluation Agency officers were the population of the study. The total sample size was 551. The Ethiopian General Education School Leaving Certificate Examination Grade Point Average, the Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination score, and the College Cumulative Grade Point Average of the students were sources of the data. Using the Process Procedure for Software Package for Social Sciences, the binomial logistic regression was conducted. Maintaining the highest total conditional effect of college readiness on college success while heightening the probability of college success at a value of college readiness has been interpreted as a trait of the high performing university generation.

Concurrent direct assessment of foundation skills for general education

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Anthony Rhodes ◽  
Maurice Danaher ◽  
Ashley Ater Kranov
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Content Type ◽  
General Education Students ◽  
Valuable Data ◽  
Transferable Skills ◽  
Student Skill

Purpose There is considerable agreement around the foundation skills required by employers that will enable graduates to integrate and devise promising solutions for the challenges faced by knowledge and globalized societies. These are life skills (communication skills, teamwork and leadership skills, language skills in reading and writing and information literacy), transferable skills (such as problem-solving, including critical thinking, creativity and quantitative reasoning) and technology skills (search for knowledge and build upon it). Foundation skills, however, are recognized to be difficult both to teach and assess. This paper aims to describe a performance assessment method to assess and measure these skills in a uniquely concurrent way – the General Education Foundation Skills Assessment (GEFSA). Design/methodology/approach The GEFSA framework comprises a scenario/case describing an unresolved contemporary issue, which engages student groups in online discussions, and a task-specific analytic rubric to concurrently assess the extent to which students have attained the targeted foundation skills. The method was applied in three semesters – during 2016 and 2017. These students were non-native English speaking students in a General Education program at a university in the UAE. Findings Results obtained from the rubric for each foundation skill were analyzed and interpreted to ensure robustness of method and tool usability and reliability, provide insight into, and commentary on, the respective skill attainment levels and assist in establishing realistic target ranges for General Education student skill attainment. The results showed that the method is valid and provides valuable data for curriculum development. Originality/value This is the first method in published literature that directly assesses the foundation skills for General Education students simultaneously, thus providing educators with valuable data on the skill level of the students. Additionally, repeated use of the method is a valuable way of teaching skills.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Special Education Placement and Student Academic Outcomes

2020 ◽  
pp. 002246692092503
Author(s):  
Sandi M. Cole ◽  
Hardy R. Murphy ◽  
Michael B. Frisby ◽  
Teresa A. Grossi ◽  
Hannah R. Bolte
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
English Language ◽  
Inclusive Classroom ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Math Assessment ◽  
Special Education Placement ◽  
Reading And Math

This study investigates the academic outcomes of a special education student cohort in the state of Indiana placed in high and low inclusion settings. Student scores in these two settings from the Indiana State Test of Educational Progress (ISTEP+ English/Language Arts and math) were compared from fourth grade in 2014 through the eighth grade in 2018. Results of this study show that students with disabilities who spent 80% or more of their time in a general education inclusive classroom did significantly better in both reading and math assessment than their peers who spent more time in separate special education classrooms.

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