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Kekahio, Wendy; Baker, Myriam – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2013
Using data strategically to guide decisions and actions can have a positive effect on education practices and processes. This facilitation guide shows education data teams how to move beyond simply reporting data to applying data to direct strategic action. Using guiding questions, suggested activities, and activity forms, this guide provides…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, Data Analysis, Strategic Planning, Decision Making
Grisham-Brown, Jennifer; Pretti-Frontczak, Kristie – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
To ensure the best possible outcomes for young children with and without disabilities, early childhood educators must enter the classroom ready to conduct all types of early childhood assessment--including determining if children need additional services, planning and monitoring instruction, and determining program effectiveness. They'll get the…
Descriptors: Play, Textbooks, Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education
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Jerger, Margaret A. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1996
The need for phoneme awareness and methods of fostering phoneme awareness are discussed, along with available assessment measures, research findings, and phonological awareness training programs. Educators are urged to use phoneme awareness techniques for assessment and remediation when appropriate. (CR)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Intervention
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Steadman, Mimi; Svinicki, Marilla – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
Understanding the link between classroom assessment techniques (CATs) and cognitive learning theory not only allows college teachers to choose and design CATs that fit particular classroom needs, but helps them explicate to students the potential applications of CATs to study strategies in general. Once students make this leap, the effects of a…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, College Instruction
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Steadman, Mimi – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
Summarizes results of a study on implementation and impact of classroom assessment techniques (CATs) in community colleges, examining how classroom assessment has been applied by teachers, documenting changes in teaching behaviors, and considering costs and benefits. Also examines students' experiences and satisfaction with courses taught using…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Community Colleges
Mamchur, Carolyn – 1982
The Action Oriented, Reflection Oriented (AORO) observation instrument was designed to help teachers determine their students' cognitive preferences. The assumption underlying the instrument was that learning is enhanced when teaching strategies and materials take into account the student's natural tendency toward action or reflection. AORO…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Kennedy, Mary M.; And Others – 1993
Between 1987 and 1991, the National Center for Research on Teacher Education engaged in the Teaching Education and Learning to Teach study, a longitudinal study of teachers as they participated in a variety of teacher education programs. The study sought to determine how teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and reasoning changed over time, and it…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods