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Developing preschool children’s computational thinking with educational robotics: the role of cognitive differences and scaffolding
(2019)
The development of computational thinking is as important as writing, reading and arithmetic, and, it should start as earlyas kindergarten (Wing, 2008). However, little has been done in terms of investigating the factors ...
Assessing individual lessons using a generic teacher observation instrument: how useful is the International System for Teacher Observation and Feedback (ISTOF)?
(2018)
Teacher effectiveness, which impacts student attainment even when controlling for student characteristics, is of key importance as a factor in educational effectiveness and improvement. Improving the quality of teaching ...
Exploring formative assessment in primary school classrooms: Developing a framework of actions and strategies
(2014)
The importance of formative assessment in facilitating student learning has been well established in the literature. However, defining and implementing formative assessment in classroom settings is a rather complicated ...
School self-evaluation for school improvement: Examining the measuring properties of the LEAD surveys
(2016)
Research evidence suggests school self-evaluation with the participation of school stakeholders could improve teaching and learning. Identification and use of appropriate self-evaluation frameworks, however, is not an easy ...
Searching for stages of teacher's skills in assessment
(2014)
This study investigates teachers' skills in using various techniques of assessment in mathematics by taking into account the four phases of assessment and the five measurement dimensions of the dynamic model of educational ...
A dynamic approach to school improvement: Main features and impact
(2013)
This paper refers to the dynamic approach to school improvement (DASI) which attempts to contribute to the merging of educational effectiveness research and school improvement. The main underlying assumptions and the ...
Studying mathematics instruction through different lenses: setting the ground for understanding instructional quality more comprehensively
(2018)
Researchers from different fields have developed different observational instruments to capture instructional quality with a focus on generic versus content-specific dimensions or a combination of both. As this work is ...
Classroom observation frameworks for studying instructional quality: looking back and looking forward
(2018)
Observation-based frameworks of instructional quality differ largely in the approach and the purposes of their development, their theoretical underpinnings, the instructional aspects covered, their operationalization and ...
Reconsidering the use of video clubs for student-teachers' learning during field placement: Lessons drawn from a longitudinal multiple case study
(2018)
Although video clubs have been used to support (student) teachers' learning through reflection upon practice, less attention has been paid to their potential use for supporting changes in participants' practice over a ...
Combining differentiated instruction with working on mathematically challenging tasks: Listening to teachers’ needs and concerns
(Cyprus Pedagogical Association, 2018)