This volume comprises the refereed proceedings of the 2008 ATLAANZ (Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of Aotearoa/New Zealand) conference, and explores strands of transformations--learning within cultural contexts, service delivery, student literacy and numeracy, graduate students and professional practice. In Chapter 1, Kay Hammond…

Underlying the programs of undergraduate colleges is the assumption that the 4-year educative process will produce some change in students. This study sought to determine the changes in values of college students by administering the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey (AVL) "Study of Values" three times to the same undergraduate class and once to…

Focuses on the practice of having students "perform scholarship" in the classroom. Offers a model for student in-class performances of scholarly texts and their responses to those texts. Proposes that a student's performance serves less as a singular response to an assignment and more as evidence of the student's active process of sense making.…

With reference to the Literacies for Learning in Further Education TLRP project, this article suggests that teachers' and students' views of students' literacy capabilities are often influenced by a deficit model of literacy which does not take account of students' everyday literacy practices. The article revisits some of the literature on…

Progress assessment aims to assess students' performance and progress during a course of study. Its purpose is primarily developmental--to help students improve learning. Progress assessment is of special value in distance education in that it can motivate or pace distance learners throughout their course of study. It can help the tutor monitor…

TWO MAJOR AREAS EVALUATED WERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. TESTS AND INTERVIEWS WERE DESIGNED TO ANALYZE PROGRESS IN APTITUDES, ACHIEVEMENT, AND ATTITUDES OF THE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED. ON THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE APTITUDE OF PUPILS FROM THE THIRD TO SIXTH GRADE SHOWN BY IQ SCORES. READING…

This is a brief overview of a study used as an example of how a computerized, longitudinal description and analysis of student responses to questions and statements about the teaching process can help answer the question, "Am I doing a good job of teaching?" Questions and statements for the example were taken primarily from "The…

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE TOWARD SCHOOL SUBJECTS WERE STUDIED IN RELATION TO TEACHER FEEDBACK AND TEACHER ATTITUDE. THE STUDY SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 10TH GRADERS AND TEACHERS FROM 14 HIGH SCHOOLS. FIVE TREATMENTS OF TEACHER FEEDBACK WERE IMPLEMENTED AND EVALUATED--(1) STUDENT RATINGS OF TEACHERS WERE SENT TO THE TEACHERS BY MAIL SEVERAL TIMES…

Presents the personal experience of 24 students who took part in the TOPS Clerical Training Course with regard to the course as a whole and of various aspects, such as the curriculum, methods of teaching, and relationships. (CT)

Better organization and more efficient use of time are the key elements of a plan to boost student achievement at a Virginia district. Teachers focus almost all classroom time on direct instruction, guided practice, core courses, and applications to the real world. At the secondary level, teachers now also emphasize critical thinking and problem…

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG STUDENTS TO STAY IN SCHOOL UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND TO DEVELOP THOSE ATTITUDES, HABITS, AND SKILLS THAT PRODUCE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYEES. THE PROGRAM IS AN ATTEMPT TO ASSIST STUDENTS ON THE JUNIOR HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. STUDENTS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE ATTEND…

This study investigated the effect of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) on elementary-prep school students' improvement in English as a foreign language (EFL). Eightythree students in Al-Tamayoz Elementary-prep School, United Arab Emirates, were selected and divided into experimental and control groups (43 and 40 participants…

This study evaluates an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title IV educational improvement project, conducted in elementary and secondary schools, concerning the political system and citizenship. The project model, focusing on teachers as change agents receiving support channeled from other parts of the system, was found effective at both…