Sentences with phrase «as observational assessment»

What do people mean when they talk about performance assessment or authentic assessment, also referred to as observational assessment?

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Our assessment also includes an observational checklist covering characteristics of effective learning such as confidence, curiosity and the ability to work with others, so important for success in the new school environment.

If interested, see the Review of Article # 1 — the introduction to the special issue here; see the Review of Article # 2 — on VAMs» measurement errors, issues with retroactive revisions, and (more) problems with using standardized tests in VAMs here; see the Review of Article # 3 — on VAMs» potentials here; see the Review of Article # 4 — on observational systems» potentials here; see the Review of Article # 5 — on teachers» perceptions of observations and student growth here; see the Review of Article (Essay) # 6 — on VAMs as tools for «egg - crate» schools here; see the Review of Article (Commentary) # 7 — on VAMs situated in their appropriate ecologies here; and see the Review of Article # 8, Part I — on a more research - based assessment of VAMs» potentials here and Part II on «a modest solution» provided to us by Linda Darling - Hammond here.

If interested, see the Review of Article # 1 — the introduction to the special issue here; see the Review of Article # 2 — on VAMs» measurement errors, issues with retroactive revisions, and (more) problems with using standardized tests in VAMs here; see the Review of Article # 3 — on VAMs» potentials here; see the Review of Article # 4 — on observational systems» potentials here; see the Review of Article # 5 — on teachers» perceptions of observations and student growth here; see the Review of Article (Essay) # 6 — on VAMs as tools for «egg - crate» schools here; and see the Review of Article (Commentary) # 7 — on VAMs situated in their appropriate ecologies here; and see the Review of Article # 8, Part I — on a more research - based assessment of VAMs» potentials here.

Observational assessment is just as important in kindergarten as it is in Pre-K, and can jump start learning in a way that makes it easier to reach 3rd grade proficiency.

Researchers concluded that because districts «do not have processes in place to address the possible biases in observational scores,» statistical adjustments might be made to offset said bias, as might external observers / raters be brought in to yield more «objective» observational assessments of teachers.

The disagreement arises from different assessments of the value and importance of particular classes of evidence as well as disagreement about the appropriate logical framework for linking and assessing the evidence — my reasoning is weighted heavily in favor of observational evidence and understanding of natural internal variability of the climate system, whereas the IPCC's reasoning is weighted heavily in favor of climate model simulations and external forcing of climate change.

At regional scales, precipitation is not simulated as well, and the assessment remains difficult owing to observational uncertainties.

The manuscript uses a simple energy budget equation (as employed e.g. by Gregory et al 2004, 2008, Otto et al 2013) to test the consistency between three recent «assessments» of radiative forcing and climate sensitivity (not really equilibrium climate sensitivity in the case of observational studies).

The skeptics tend to pick out one aspect where there is perhaps not full agreement and fail to recognize that observations as well as models have shortcomings (witness the recent MSU [Microwave Sounding Unit] report's findings of shortcomings in the observational techniques, etc.)-- and that our best understanding must be based on a coherent integration of the many, many studies into a comprehensive synthesis — and this is what the IPCC assessments (and others) do.

What happens if CO2 takes a nose dive, as it seems it has dome in the recent past as I understand measured atmospheric CO2 was at 430ppm in 1942 (and several other years around that time) but somehow paleo assessments were preferred to observational data.

I agree an observation / model mix is required (e.g. such as with the reanalyses), but the absence of observational validation is what is a fundamental flaw in the use of Type 4 downscaling for multi-decadal impact assessments, as I have explained in detail in my posts.

The assessment of the best estimate and likely ranges in the grey bars includes the AOGCMs in the left part of the figure, as well as results from a hierarchy of independent models and observational constraints.

It should be emphasized that solving (the solvable) problems of climate prediction (or, just as important, making a realistic assessment of the ultimate limits to climate prediction set by the inherent uncertainties within the system) requires the deployment and long - term maintenance of massively expensive observational satellite and oceanographic programs.

Given the time and cost of performing in - depth interviews and observational diagnostic assessments of ASD, such as the Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised (ADI - R) and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)(Lord et al. 1989, 1994), many studies have relied on questionnaires to measure autistic traits.

We provide: • staff who are professionally trained, friendly and child - focused • separate assessment interviews • secure and comfortable child care centres with toys and games • separate entrances for parents • orientation visits for children as required • outside and home supervised visits, in some cases • observational reports.

On the basis of his clinical history, as well as from observational data and questionnaires (his standard score at KADI [27] was 114, indicating a high probability of Asperger Syndrome), and the results of the cognitive and social cognition (see below) assessment, SC received a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome, according to the DSM IV - TR criteria [3](N.B..

EA as a concept and as «tools» (observational assessment, self - reports, and the intervention) have utility for parents, practicioners (mental health professionals, attorneys, physicians, nurses, etc).

Numerous colleagues nationally and internationally are doing important work on emotional availability, testing its effectiveness as an observational and self - report assessment.

Observational and questionnaire assessments of parenting behavior were collected via home visits at three time points, as were reports of parent and family functioning.