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Direct linkSezen-Barrie, Asli; Kelly, Gregory J. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This study focuses on teachers' use of informal formative assessments (IFAs) aimed at improving students' learning and teachers' recognition of students' learning processes. The study was designed as an explorative case study of four middle school teachers and their students at a charter school in the northeastern U.S.A. The data collected for the…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students
Parks, Amy Noelle; Schmeichel, Mardi – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
Despite the increased use of video for data collection, most research using assessment interviews in early childhood education relies solely upon the analysis of linguistic data, ignoring children's bodies. This trend is particularly troubling in studies of marginalized children because transcripts limited to language can make it difficult to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, African American Students, Preschool Children, Rural Schools
de la Piedra, Maria Teresa – Language Arts, 2013
Drawing on sociocultural approaches to literacy and literature on the communal spaces of teaching and learning of Latino/as, I share one Mexican border women's life story and analyze her literacies and ways of knowing in relation to the literacy event of giving "consejo." Using data gathered through individual interviews and…
Descriptors: Females, Interviews, Observation, Foreign Countries
Brown, P. Margaret; Byrnes, Linda J. – Deafness and Education International, 2014
This study investigated the Individual Learning Plans of eighty-eight students who were deaf and hard of hearing attending facilities and schools for the deaf in Victoria Australia. The students' assessment and planning portfolios were scrutinised for evidence of formal and informal assessment used to generate goals for the Individual Learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Partial Hearing, Special Education
Darragh, Johnna – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2009
Many strategies contribute to forming co-constructed relationships. However, one of the most effective tools that supports co-construction is ongoing assessment, which provides a common base (knowledge of the child) on which families and professionals can build relationships. As a part of this ongoing assessment, informal strategies--including…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Child Care, Evaluation Methods, Parent School Relationship
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Urbana, IL. – 1983
There are 11 behavioral dimensions which parents and preschool teachers can use in assessing the development of preschool children. These dimensions are: (1) sleeping; (2) eating; (3) toilet habits; (4) range of affect or emotion; (5) variations in play; (6) curiosity; (7) acceptance of authority; (8) initiative; (9) interest; (10) spontaneous…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
Diebold, Martin H.; And Others – Diagnostique, 1980
Results indicated that untrained observers perceived the group of children as functioning at a somewhat higher level than did trained evaluators. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Examiners, Exceptional Child Research, Informal Assessment
Shermis, Mark D.; DiVesta, Francis J. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Classroom Assessment in Action" clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these basic concepts, the authors then…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Scores, Measurement
PDF pending restorationSimpson, Richard L. – 1977
Reviewed are such techniques as classroom observation, using criteria for success in educational prescriptions, and plotting daily performance for evaluating the severely disturbed child. Included are such materials as a sample diagnostic test schedule, a paper on observation procedures, and graphs for recording behavior. (SBH)
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods
Download full textVan Nagel, Clint – 1977
Described is a diagnostic-prescriptive model for teacher observation of learning disabled students. It is explained that through observation, teachers should be able to answer questions in seven areas, including the existence of a real learning disability; the student's functioning level in reading, arithmetic, and writing; the student's learning…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Assessment, Learning Disabilities
Richardson, Marian – Pointer, 1976
Provided for regular and special class teachers is a list of questions for observing student behavior in eight areas: independent work, organization, written work, teacher-directed activities, oral language, cafeteria behavior, relationship with peers and motor ability. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children
McConkey, Roy; Jeffree, Dorothy – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1979
Stages in developing mentally handicapped children's pretend play are outlined and techniques for assessing a child's play development are described. (SBH)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Developmental Stages, Informal Assessment, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedColmar, Susan – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1988
Discusses the growing use by educational psychologists and teachers of developmental and academic behavior checklists. Identifies the minimum criteria necessary for checklists and criticizes their use as many fail to meet these standards. Describes the limitations, misuse, and narrow focus of behavior checklists. (GEA)
Descriptors: Behavior, Check Lists, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedKhatena, Joe – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1974
Suggested to parents are approaches for identifying and stimulating creative expression in gifted children. (LH)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Gifted, Identification, Informal Assessment
Jones, John Peter – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1976
The author provides suggestions for teachers to assess mentally handicapped deaf-blind children with observational techniques. (IM)
Descriptors: Behavior, Deaf Blind, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
