ERIC Number: ED599348
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Oct-17
Pages: 30
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The Teacher Candidate Artifact System (TCAS) for Education Program Provider Continuous Improvement
Moffett, David W.
Online Submission, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association (Cincinnati, OH, Oct 17, 2019)
The Education Program Provider Chair's objective was to create a student legacy artifact archival retrieval system. The goal was to have the database system operational by Spring Semester, 2019. The purpose of the new system was to house and index student and pre-service candidate product across performance levels reflective of the program's key assessments. Program continuous improvement was the intended result of the new system. The Chair and a Senior Computer Science Major met 10 times, using a 16-stage process to create the new Teacher Candidate Artifact System (TCAS). Scored student artifacts were the study instruments. Evaluators improved ability to score student artifacts through their use of the system. Student and pre-service candidate reviews of prior student artifacts improved subsequent ones. Faculty accessing the system improved their writing of rubric performance levels. TCAS enhanced program continuous improvement. Knowledge regarding implementing such a system is valuable to all Education Program Providers.
Descriptors: Databases, Computer Science Education, College Faculty, Departments, Scoring Rubrics, Teacher Education Programs, Student Records, Preservice Teachers, College Students, Academic Achievement, Information Systems, Standards, Majors (Students), Student Projects, College Seniors, Programming Languages, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indiana
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