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Pollio, Marty; Hochbein, Craig – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background/Context: From two decades of research on the grading practices of teachers in secondary schools, researchers discovered that teachers evaluated students on numerous factors that do not validly assess a student's achievement level in a specific content area. These consistent findings suggested that traditional grading practices evolved…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Academic Standards, Grading, Scores
Poplin, Beth D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined whether students who graded and corrected their own test papers improved their learning and standardized test scores on the North Carolina end-of-course test in United States History. Four preexisting, intact classrooms of 11th grade United States History students in two different high schools formed the basis of this…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, United States History, Standardized Tests, Grade 11
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Rahayu, Sri; Chandrasegaran, A. L.; Treagust, David F.; Kita, Masakazu; Ibnu, Suhadi – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011
This study was a mixed quantitative-qualitative research to evaluate the efficacy of a designed student-centred instructional (DSCI) program for teaching about acids and bases. The teaching innovation was designed based on constructivist, hands-on inquiry and context-based approaches and implemented in seven 45-min lessons with a class of 36 grade…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Experimental Groups, High Schools, Qualitative Research