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Observing Assessment for Learning (AfL) in Action: Piloting an Observation Schedule to Inform Teacher Assessment Learning and Research
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Hill, Mary; Dixon, Helen; Hawe, Eleanor – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2020
New Zealand lacks valid and reliable evidence-based schedules with which to observe teachers' assessment for learning (AfL) practices. To date, classroom assessment observation schedules have mainly been derived theoretically, used in developing countries with conditions different from New Zealand classrooms (Kanjee & Hopfenbeck, personal…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Observation, Scheduling
Noticing and Recognising AfL Practice: Challenges and Their Resolution When Using an Observation Schedule
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Dixon, Helen; Hill, Mary; Hawe, Eleanor – Assessment Matters, 2020
The project reported in this article focused on evaluating the use of a pre-existing observation schedule to document dimensions of primary teachers' AfL practice with the intent of using this information to enhance teacher assessment capability. Using the voices of the participant teachers, challenges teachers faced were identified when observing…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Elementary School Teachers
Primary Science Teachers' Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectancy: A Case Study
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Ward, Gillian; Dixon, Helen; Withy, Helen – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
Self-efficacious teachers are critical in the development of students' positive attitudes towards science and scientific literacy yet to date little attention has been given to studies of experienced teachers of primary science and development of their self-efficacy (SE) beliefs. The aim of this study was to explore how two experienced teachers of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Self Efficacy
Checking, Highlighting, Adding and Ticking Off: Year 6 Students' Understandings of and Responses to the Use of Goals in the New Zealand Writing Classroom
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Eltringham, Kathryn; Hawe, Eleanor; Dixon, Helen – Education 3-13, 2018
Understanding the goals for learning is fundamental to students' success as writers. We investigated how Year 6 students in New Zealand experienced, understood and responded to goals during a writing unit. The study took place over seven weeks. Data were gathered through interviews with two teachers and six student participants; field notes from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, Goal Orientation, Writing Skills