Formal testing dominates Singapore's secondary school curricula; the Ministry of Education seeks to redress this through promoting assessment for learning (AfL). Success however requires teachers' belief that AfL practices are valuable and achievable. A survey of all teachers in 12 secondary schools (n=913) investigated attitudes to 35 assessment…

Early childhood adversity is often experienced directly by both caregiver and child, although research tends to more narrowly focus on the child. In this analysis, we test the relationship between family adversity and children's academic engagement as mediated by maternal health. Secondary data analysis was conducted with the 2011/12 public…

In this paper, I use the case study of mothering teens at an alternative school along U.S./Mexico border in Texas to explain how teacher practices and school structure are both equally important in creating a transformative educational experience for students who were disengaged from schooling. Through Bourdieuian theory (Bourdieu, 1990), this…

This anniversary volume of the Association for the Teaching of Spanish in Higher Education in the United Kingdom is a compilation of contributions made by members and delegates at the 2019 ELEUK annual conference held at the University of Edinburgh. Throughout the book, authors share their teaching, assessment, and research practice in the area of…

This paper discusses how design thinking was used in a one-semester education course at the University of Calgary with prospective secondary school teachers of different disciplinary backgrounds and high school subject specializations. It presents some key characteristics of design thinking and their relationship to creativity and students'…

This papers deals in a polemical fashion with what is arguably one of the most contentious issues in education--the disengagement of increasing numbers of young people from schooling. It makes the argument that what is occurring is that global forces are conspiring to position young people as a form of "social waste" and that allowing…

Overall the social capital of MOOCs is under-exploited. For most students in MOOCs, autonomous learning often means learning alone. Students interested in adding a social dimension to their learning can browse discussion threads, join social medias and may message other students but usually in a blind and somehow random way, only hoping to find…

This reflection paper examines the uses and benefits of technology integration into a college course focused on teaching mathematics and provides the foundation for future research. Teacher education course work included technology that included augmentation, modification, and redefinition of learning tasks made possible through technological…

When implementing large-scale educational computing initiatives (e.g., One Laptop Per Child) it is vital to allocate resources for training, support, and device deployment judiciously. One question that arises is how learners' engagement with online educational resources is affected by receiving a new computer; do the benefits justify the costs?…

Understanding how individuals interact with a course after receiving a passing grade could have important implications for course design. If individuals become disengaged after passing a class, then this may raise questions about optimal ordering of content, course difficulty, and grade transparency. Using a person fixed effects model, we analyze…

This paper focuses on using sociocultural theory to support a context-based approach to teaching mathematics. A goal of the research was to explore the opportunities-to-learn of using a context-based approach to enrich student engagement with mathematics. This paper focuses on the practice of one female secondary school teacher as expressed…

This paper reports on the design and outcomes of a story-enhanced game intended to improve middle school age girls' understanding of data representation and their engagement in learning. Findings indicate the effectiveness of the game but raise further questions about the role of story in games to teach computer science concepts.

Understanding how individuals interact with a course after receiving a passing grade could have important implications for course design. If individuals become disengaged after passing a class, then this may raise questions about optimal ordering of content, course difficulty, and grade transparency. Using a person-fixed effects model, we analyze…

Engagement in MOOCs is based on students who self-organize their participation according to their goals and interests. Visual materials such as videos and students' use of discussion forums are basic ways of engaging students in MOOCs. Using logit regression models we present the degree to which student engagement with MOOC videos and forum posts…

This article explores the use of Learner Generated Digital Content (LGDC) in the context of advanced Spanish language modules. An approach to learning and teaching frequently used and extensively researched in disciplines such as medicine and natural sciences, LGDC has in recent years made a cautious appearance in the area of modern languages…