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Taylor, Nick; Wills, Gabrielle; Hoadley, Ursula – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2019
This paper explores methodological insights from a mixed methods study that aims to understand how school leaders promote literacy development in their schools. The study findings consider both the complementarities and the challenges of the qualitative and quantitative approaches to measuring leadership practices and their linkages with learning…
Descriptors: Leadership Role, Literacy, Barriers, Elementary Schools
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Berman, K. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2011
This article aims to interrogate possible assessment problems arising from a community-based-research mode of research and consider some of the assessment approaches that generate scepticism among some examiners, and endorsement from others. The article explores specific challenges in supervising, accommodating and evaluating diverse candidates…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Service Learning, Social Responsibility, Evaluation Methods
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Hay, H. R.; van der Merwe, B. C. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2007
Worldwide there seems to be an interest in enhancing the student learning experience through particularly interactive learning, which is an educational philosophy that places the student at the centre of the learning process. Such an approach acknowledges the educational contexts from which students come. What is even more important is the fact…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Educational Practices, Instructional Improvement
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Ellery, Karen – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2006
Due to a poor module evaluation, mediocre student grades and a difficult teaching experience in lectures, the Data Analysis section of a first year core module, Research Methods for Social Sciences (RMSS), offered at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, was completely revised. In order to review the effectiveness of these changes in…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Data Analysis
Baggaley, Jon, Ed.; Janega, Patti, Ed. – 1981
An introduction by Jon Baggaley provides background information on this international conference and its participants, and introduces 10 papers which were presented. The papers are as follows: (1) "Teaching Production Research and Design: The Interface of Theory and Practice" (James M. Linton); (2) "The Impact of Television on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Audience Analysis, Educational Television
Baggaley, Jon, Ed.; Janega, Patti, Ed. – 1982
An introduction briefly summarizes the four previous conferences in this series, identifies trends in topics addressed, and introduces the 16 presented papers in this collection. The papers are as follows: (1) "Formative Evaluation and the New Technologies" (Marjorie Cambre); (2) "Formative Evaluation of Sesame Street Using Eye…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Audience Analysis, Educational Television, Evaluation Methods