Sentences with phrase «assessment about their attitudes»

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Franco believes that the new European legislation — which would require systematic evaluation of all research involving laboratory animals in all E.U. countries, with ethical considerations a big part of the assessment — makes now a good time «to assess what [researchers] think about using animals, what effect training can have not only about their knowledge of the three R's but also how it affects their attitudes.»

They analyzed the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) civics assessment, which asked only two questions about values or attitudes.

Popham argues that assessment in the United States has suffered from six crucial, recurring problems: too many curricular targets; the underutilization of classroom assessment; preoccupation with instructional process; the dearth of «affective» assessments, i.e., those focused on attitudes, interests, and values; instructionally insensitive accountability tests; and the reality that educators «know almost nothing about educational assessment.»

Researchers from RAND studying the first year of Vermont's implementation of portfolio assessments for fourth and eighth graders found that the development of portfolios (work was selected by students with input from classroom teachers) had several positive educational outcomes: Students and teachers were more enthusiastic and had a more positive attitude about learning, teachers devoted «substantially more attention» to problem solving and communication (two areas represented by portfolios), students spent more time working in small groups or in pairs, and teachers felt the portfolios afforded them a new perspective on student work.

Teachers were also involved and asked about their preparation and experience, pedagogical practices, use of technology, assessment, assignment of homework, school and classroom climate, and their own attitudes towards reading.

The study, from the leading provider of formative assessments to UK schools, looked at children's feelings about school and teachers as well as their attitudes to themselves as learners — their confidence, work ethic and how prepared they felt themselves to be, for instance.

Over the past two weeks, four national education polls — Education Next, Center for American Progress / Public Policy Poling, The Seventy - Four and PDK / Gallup poll of America's Attitudes toward the Public Schools — provided new information about public attitudes towards high standards and annual assAttitudes toward the Public Schools — provided new information about public attitudes towards high standards and annual assattitudes towards high standards and annual assessments.

As part of the assessment, she interviews the students about their attitudes toward reading and how they handle problems that arise while reading.

Although this approach isn't new, our understanding of how formative assessment is linked to attitudes about learning is.

There are pairs of recent economic reports appear to present conflicting assessments of consumer attitudes about the economy.

For our assessment we have to write about how Johnny s father's attitude changed throughout the book!

[2] It includes an assessment of the dog's attitude towards other dogs and people and to stimuli that startle (an umbrella opening, a mock attack), and about an hour of instruction to dog owners.

What do you feel about this interview: This is the trickiest question of all, when the interviewer will actually evaluate your assessment prowess, your reactions and your attitude.

The Physician Belief Scale (PBS) documents provider attitudes about delivering psychosocial treatment in primary care (eg, beliefs and feeling about treatment, service burdens).29 PCPs completed a Provider Practices Survey targeting changes in management and skill in addressing behavior problems and ADHD (α =.81 to 84) that was modified from a previous survey.30 The Mental Health SKIP (MH - SKIP) assessment examines changes in treatment obstacles, use of outside referral, and competency and effectiveness in delivering psychosocial services (α = 0.77).

Usually, the assessment uses paper and pencil tests, providing people's conscious answers and attitudes about themselves and others at a given time.