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Integrating generic and content-specific teaching practices in exploring teaching quality in primary physical education
(2018)
The vast majority of research in physical education (PE) has focused on teaching and teacher effectiveness. Despite the fact that this research strand is fast growing, what effective teaching is and how it contributes to ...
Equity and Quality Dimensions in Educational Effectiveness
(Springer, 2018)
This book aims to make a contribution to the theory, research and practice on quality and equity in education by providing a comprehensive overview of these two dimensions of educational effectiveness and proposing a ...
Addressing omitted prior achievement bias in international assessments: an applied example using PIRLS-NPD matched data
(2018)
Omitted prior achievement bias is pervasive in international assessment studies and precludes causal inference. For example, reported negative associations between student-oriented teaching strategies and student performance ...
Promoting quality and equity in socially disadvantaged schools: A group- randomisation study
(2018)
This study investigates the impact of the Dynamic Approach to School Improvement (DASI) on promoting quality and equity. Forty primary schools in socially disadvantaged areas were randomly split into two groups. The control ...
Disability studies as a framework to design disability awareness programs: no need for ‘magic’ to facilitate children’s understanding
(2018)
This paper presents and critically discusses a disability awareness program that was addressed to non-disabled children aged between 6-8 years old in Cyprus. The main aims were to explore how disability studies and ...
Challenges for IT-Enabled Formative Assessment of Complex 21st Century Skills
(2018)
In this article, we identify and examine opportunities for formative assessment provided by information technologies (IT) and the challenges which these opportunities present. We address some of these challenges by examining ...
Tensions in specifying computing curricula for K-12: Towards a principled approach for objectives
(2018)
<section class="abstract"><h2 class="abstractTitle text-title my-1" id="d316e2">Abstract</h2><p>In this article we examine key issues and tensions for developing and specifying Computing-related elements of curricula design, ...
Domain-Specific Aspects of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: The Importance of Affect in Technology-Enhanced Music Teaching
(Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2018)
Abstract: The present study addresses the lack of a theoretical framework for the integration of technology in music teaching and learning, and explores, within the framework of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ...
Developing Third-Grade Students’ Computational Thinking Skills with Educational Robotics
(Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2018)
The paper addresses the issue of how computational thinking can be taught to young children with the use of educational robotics using the kit LEGO WeDo Due to the young age of the students who participated in the study, ...