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Jensen, Umi – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2019
There are many efforts to bolster college-going, especially for minority students. While mainstream research dominates the perspectives that inform development of initiatives aimed at increasing college-going, it is important that student voices and experiences guide these programs. The purpose of this study is to amplify Native Hawaiian voices to…
Descriptors: Hawaiians, College Readiness, Minority Group Students, College Attendance
Fominykh, Mikhail; Prasolova-Forland, Ekaterina; Divitini, Monica – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
Creativity can be applied to every domain of knowledge and must be seen as an important competence. Supporting social creativity across different domains and disciplines in learning communities is an important part of collaborative process in both university education and in the context of large-scale international projects. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Computer Simulation, Social Systems
Crislip, Marian A.; Chin-Chance, Selvin – 2001
This paper discusses the use of two theories of item analysis and test construction, their strengths and weaknesses, and applications to the design of the Hawaii State Test of Essential Competencies (HSTEC). Traditional analyses of the data collected from the HSTEC field test were viewed from the perspectives of item difficulty levels and item…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Item Response Theory, Psychometrics, Reliability
Lai, Morris K.; Saka, Thomas – 1993
Two studies investigated factors affecting the scores of Hawaii students taking the verbal subtest of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). For the past several years, the mean verbal scores of Hawaii students have consistently been among the lowest 10% of all states. The first study addressed the identification of items and types of items that have…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, High School Seniors, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness
Dougherty, Barbara J.; Zilliox, Joseph – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This document contains two contributions: "Voyaging from Theory to Practice in Teaching: Measure Up" (Barbara J. Dougherty) and "Voyaging from Theory to Practice in Learning: Teacher Professional Development" (Joseph Zilliox). Hawaii is a place of diverse cultures, ethnicities, and traditions representing a myriad of global…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Theory Practice Relationship, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement
Maaka, Margaret J.; Lipka, Pamela A. – 1995
This paper presents one sixth-grade teacher's efforts to advance curriculum at a Hawaii elementary school through continuous monitoring of the effectiveness of her learning and teaching program. Deliberate and careful reflections in personal teaching journals, meetings with an educational consultant, school administrators, and teaching colleagues,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Culturally Relevant Education, Grade 6