scholarly journals A Test of Significance of Process on Effectiveness of Teacher Evaluation in Kwekwe Schools of Zimbabwe

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Belinda R. Musodza ◽  
Mamotena Mpeta ◽  
Tawanda Runhare ◽  
Elphinah N. Cishe
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Readiness Assessment ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Assessment Design ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Utility Evaluation ◽  
Test Of Significance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Evaluation System

Zimbabwe adopted Results Based Management (RBM) in order to evaluate the performance of its workers. For the process to be ‘significant’ and meet the basic attribute of utility, evaluation information should be focused towards predetermined uses. The objective of this study was to assess the significance of the teacher performance evaluation process and examine the relationship between the significance and the effectiveness of the evaluation system of Kwekwe district in Zimbabwe. The study was situated in the pragmatic worldview and underpinned by the Readiness Assessment, Design, Process, Significance (RADPS) conceptual framework. It adopted the convergent mixed method design and the concurrent sampling design. Simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select 292 teachers and 12 educators for the quantitative and qualitative research strands respectively. SPSS version 26 was used to analyse the quantitative data and qualitative data were analysed using Atlas ti. 8. Findings show that the evaluation process in the Kwekwe district has no meaningful consequences or implications on effectiveness of the evaluation system. RBM has failed to fulfil both the professional and accountability functions. The inferential statistics proved that the significance of an evaluation process is statistically significant in predicting and influencing the effectiveness of an evaluation system and in the case of Kwekwe district, the evaluation process negatively impacted on the effectiveness of evaluation of teachers. The study findings imply that an evaluation process should be carefully planned and implemented for professional and accountability functions of teachers to be effective.

scholarly journals Responsive Dashboard as a Component of Learning Analytics System for Evaluation in Emergency Remote Teaching Situations

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (23) ◽  
pp. 7998
Author(s):  
Emilia Corina Corbu ◽  
Eduard Edelhauser
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Evaluation System

The pandemic crisis has forced the development of teaching and evaluation activities exclusively online. In this context, the emergency remote teaching (ERT) process, which raised a multitude of problems for institutions, teachers, and students, led the authors to consider it important to design a model for evaluating teaching and evaluation processes. The study objective presented in this paper was to develop a model for the evaluation system called the learning analytics and evaluation model (LAEM). We also validated a software instrument we designed called the EvalMathI system, which is to be used in the evaluation system and was developed and tested during the pandemic. The optimization of the evaluation process was accomplished by including and integrating the dashboard model in a responsive panel. With the dashboard from EvalMathI, six online courses were monitored in the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 academic years, and for each of the six monitored courses, the evaluation of the curricula was performed through the analyzed parameters by highlighting the percentage achieved by each course on various components, such as content, adaptability, skills, and involvement. In addition, after collecting the data through interview guides, the authors were able to determine the extent to which online education during the COVID 19 pandemic has influenced the educational process. Through the developed model, the authors also found software tools to solve some of the problems raised by teaching and evaluation in the ERT environment.

scholarly journals Influence of Timing in Introducing Teacher Performance Evaluation on Effective Outcomes: The Case of One Education District in Zimbabwe

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Belinda R. Musodza ◽  
Tawanda Runhare ◽  
Mamotena Mpeta ◽  
Elphinah N. Cishe
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Readiness Assessment ◽  
Performance Evaluation System ◽  
Assessment Design ◽  
Beta Coefficient ◽  
Teacher Performance Evaluation

This paper reports on a study that assessed how timing of introducing teacher performance evaluation in one district in Zimbabwe influenced the achievement of the desired outcomes.  The research was premised on the pragmatic research paradigm and underpinned by the Readiness Assessment, Design, Process, Significance (RADPS) conceptual framework. The convergent parallel mixed method design was employed for data gathering and analysis from randomly selected 292 teachers for the quantitative strand and 12 purposively selected teachers for the qualitative strand. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Beta coefficient tests) were used to analyse quantitative data and ATLAS ti. 8 generated quotations and networks that summarised the narrative views of teachers on the timing of introducing the performance evaluation system. The ANOVA result (0.000) indicated that there was a significant relationship between the timing of introducing performance evaluation and its effectiveness and the Beta coefficient value (0.213) indicated a strong influence of timing of introduction on effectiveness of performance evaluation.  The quantitative results were corroborated by findings from interviews, which indicated that the system had been imposed, had inadequate budgetary support, no piloting prior to implementation, inadequate pre-implementation training and marketing. These resultantly led to limited buy-in by stakeholders and a negative impact on the effectiveness of the whole performance evaluation system.  Based on the findings, we concluded that due to its mistimed introduction, the performance evaluation system was ineffective in achieving its educational objectives in the Zimbabwean district where the study was conducted.

scholarly journals SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVALUATION OF THE STAFF IN THE FORMATION OF REWARD SYSTEM

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-87
Author(s):  
Юрий Одегов ◽  
Yuriy Odegov ◽  
Валентина Халиулина ◽  
Valentina Khaliulina
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Reward System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Personnel Evaluation ◽  
Appraisal System ◽  
Staff Appraisal ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Goals And Objectives ◽  
The Evaluation System

The article features the existing approaches to the evaluation of personnel. It presents the point of view of authors on this concept, on whose basis the personnel evaluation system of the organization is based. It features components of the staff appraisal system, such as goals and objectives, the object, the subject and assess of the conditions and factors, which influence the assessment of staff. It shows the relationship between the main elements of the evaluation system and the system of remuneration organization.

Grading Teachers: Race and Gender Differences in Low Evaluation Ratings and Teacher Employment Outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 1800-1833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Drake ◽  
Amy Auletto ◽  
Joshua M. Cowen
Keyword(s):  
Charter Schools ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Employment Outcomes ◽  
Teachers Of Color ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Teacher Labor Market ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The Relationship

In July 2011, the State of Michigan adopted a broad set of teacher labor market reforms, including a high-stakes evaluation system designed in part to remove low-performing teachers. We examine the characteristics of teachers rated as “minimally effective” and “ineffective,” as well as their schools, and the relationship between low effectiveness ratings and later employment outcomes. Results suggest teachers of color across traditional and charter schools are more likely to receive low effectiveness ratings than their within-school peers. These low rating risks are higher for teachers of color working in comparatively White-faculty contexts. Male and novice teachers are also rated low more frequently, and important differences appear to exist in the usage of low ratings by traditional public and charter schools.

scholarly journals The Transformative Potential of Ruins: A Tool for a Nonlinear Design Perspective in Adaptive Reuse

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5660
Author(s):  
Elena Guidetti ◽  
Matteo Robiglio
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Design ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Nonlinear Design ◽  
Mental Construct ◽  
Design Perspective ◽  
Novel Concept ◽  
The Relationship

In recent years, the heritage preservation debate has seen a growing interest in emerging theories in which the concept of potential plays an essential role. Starting from the assumption that memory is an evolving mental construct, the present paper introduces the concept of “transformative potential” in existing buildings. This novel concept regards the inevitability of loss and the self-destructive potential as part of the transformation of each building. The “transformative potential” is defined here as the relationship between spatial settings and material consistency. This research hypothesizes five “transformative potential” types by analyzing five best-practices adapted ruins in the last 15 years. The analysis integrates quantitative and qualitative research methods: morphological analysis (dimensional variations, critical redrawing, configuration patterns) and decay stages evaluation (shearing layers analysis, adaptation approaches). The goal is to test the “transformative potential” effectiveness in outlining patterns between specific stages of decay and adaptive design projects. Adaptation projects may actualize this potential in a specific time through incremental and decremental phases, outlining a nonlinear relationship between decay and memory. The study provides insights for future research on adapting existing buildings in a particular decay stage.

scholarly journals Externalizing and internalizing symptoms and coping strategies in young victims of abuse

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Manuel Moreno-Manso ◽  
Mª. Elena García-Baamonde ◽  
Eloísa Guerrero-Barona ◽  
Mª. José Godoy-Merino ◽  
Mónica Guerrero-Molina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Externalizing Symptoms ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing Symptoms

AbstractThis research analyses the internalizing and externalizing symptoms and the coping strategies of young victims of abuse. These young people are in residential care under protective measures due to abuse. The participants were 61 youths (32 male and 29 female) between 12 and 17 years of age. Different works of research stress the need for an early identification of the psychopathological symptomatology that these adolescents may present in order to provide an adequate psycho-educational intervention. The relationship between the adolescents’ psychopathological symptomatology and the coping strategies and styles they use to resolve problems is studied. It is also analyzed whether internalizing and externalizing problems predict the style and coping strategies of adolescents. Two tests were used: 1. Child and Adolescent Evaluation System (SENA); 2. Adolescent Coping Scales (ACS). The results indicate that young victims of abuse have internalizing and externalizing symptoms. These adolescents are characterized by an unproductive coping style, as well as by the use of coping strategies that are not very functional and ineffective for resolving conflicts. The psychopathological symptomatology is related to and predicts an unproductive coping style, badly adapted to solving daily problems (worrying, blaming oneself, not coping, ignoring the problem, or keeping it to oneself). This research has allowed us to identify the presence of several areas of vulnerability in these young persons which could be playing an important role in their psychosocial maladjustment. The research suggests the design of intervention strategies, for both groups and individuals, aimed at mitigating and modifying the sources of the problems in victims of child abuse.

Study on Echo Fidelity of Radar Simulator

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 1117-1120
Author(s):  
Yin Hui Xu ◽  
Fu Zhi Wang ◽  
Yi Long Liu ◽  
Da Zhi Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Calculation ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Calculation Methods ◽  
Simulation Fidelity ◽  
Research Status ◽  
Similarity Calculation ◽  
Radar Echo ◽  
Echo Simulation ◽  
Radar Simulator ◽  
The Evaluation System

Echo fidelity is an important characteristic of radar simulator and it influences accuracy and reliability of radar test directly. This paper introduces the research status of simulator fidelity and sort out the definition and property of radar echo simulation fidelity. Then we propose the numerical calculation methods for individual indicators, including similarity calculation, dissimilarity computing and interval changes three parts. Finally, on the basis of the evaluation system, we propose two calculation methods for entirety fidelity, they are weighted numerical calculation and umbrella figure methods.

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