Dissertations / Theses: 'Student Self Evaluation (SSE)'

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Varughese, Varughese Kuzhumannil, and varughese varughese@rmit edu au. "Students' Approaches To Learning: A Case Study of Learning Biology in Foundation Studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology." RMIT University. Education, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080530.123852.

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The large influx of international students to universities of the developed world, the increased use of Problem-Based method of teaching and learning in the field of Health Education and growing awareness of the need to accommodate varying learning styles in any classroom are the three factors that influenced this research. This study was designed to investigate the effect of learning styles and demographic differences on performance in Biology when taught using two different methods of teaching. One was the teacher-directed Traditional Teaching and Learning (TTL) and the other was the student-centred Problem-Based Learning (PBL). The preferred learning styles of all Foundation Studies (FS) Biology students over four academic years at RMIT were determined using the Paragon Learning Style Inventory (PLSI). These students were taught two selected topics in Biology by the researcher using the two different methods and their performance assessed by a written test at the end of each topic. Two instruments were developed to assess student participation in PBL. The first instrument Students' Participation in Group Discussions (SPGD) rating scale was designed for teacher evaluation of student participation in PBL group discussions while the second instrument the Student Self Evaluation (SSE) rating scale was for self-evaluation by stud ents. Individual interviews provided students' views and opinions about their learning styles and the two teaching methods. The analysis of data was predominantly conducted by quantitative methods, supported by qualitative analysis of the interview data. Effect size analyses were used to investigate differences in performance under the two teaching methods on the basis of demographic and learning style differences. Further probes were conducted to elicit any interactions among the demographic variables and the learning style traits in their effect on performance under the two teaching methods and a quantitative measure for interaction was derived using effect sizes. While results confirmed some of the trends displayed by learning style traits in other disciplines, a number of interactions among variables were found to affect performance in Biology as well as performance under the two teaching methods. Gender, age, prior qualification and the language of instruction of prior education had various levels of interactions with the introvert/extrovert, intuitive/sensing, thinking/feeling and perceiving/judging learning traits and affected performance in Biology to varying extents. However, it was found that international students from diverse backgrounds were able to cope with both methods of teaching though there was a definite preference expressed for the traditional teacher directed method. The conclusions from this study have resulted in a number of recommendations for Biology educators, FS administrators, authors and all practitioners of PBL. Several suggestions have opened new avenues for future research. These recommendations for pedagogy and suggestions for future research can improve the outcomes of Biology education as well as other disciplines in related fields. As a consequence of this study two new instruments have been developed to assess student participation in the group discussions of PBL. These could prove to be valuable assessment tools for practitioners of this methodology.

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Daines, John M. "Self-evaluation and achievement in a vocationally orientated science practical course." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.330147.

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Andrews, Christopher Daren. "Student Self-Assessment: Teachers' Definitions, Reasons, and Beliefs." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6393.

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The purpose of this study was to understand how teachers define student self-assessment (SSA), why teachers use or do not use SSA, and to explore how beliefs might influence teachers' reasons for using SSA or not. This study used Ajzen's theory of planned behavior to explore the relationships between teachers' stated beliefs about SSA and reasons for using or not using SSA. I interviewed seven teachers from one high school in the Intermountain West and found that five of the seven teachers in this study used SSA. I found that these teachers' definitions of SSA varied between formative and summative approaches. The way teachers defined SSA appeared to influence their implementation of SSA, as well as their reasons for using or not using SSA. I also found that beliefs associated with student outcomes (e.g., student cognitive and skill growth, student motivation) were usually indicators for using SSA. However, beliefs about resources (e.g., time to implement, good models) and concerns about students' ability to self-assess were typically associated with not using SSA. For those studying this issue, or schools or districts intending to implement forms of SSA, a "one-size-fit-all" approach is not recommended. A more effective approach for moving research to practice would be to start with how teachers are defining SSA, and then individually address their reasons and beliefs surrounding SSA.

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Godwin, Paul Thomas. "Goal-Setting, Self-Monitoring, and Teacher-Student Conferences and the Relationship with Overall School Climate and Student Academic Achievement." Thesis, Lindenwood University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3601186.

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Programs and reforms have come and gone in the educational arena with little impact on student performance. The problem at the school of study was the students' perception of their sense of belonging and the sense of the school as a community and the students' academic performance did not show adequate growth. The study took place in a mid-western suburban elementary school serving 440 students kindergarten through fifth grade.

The significance of the study was to examine the impact of a Goal-Setting Worksheet, along with regular teacher-student conferences, as a strategy to improve the overall school climate and academic achievement as measured by climate survey results, standardized test scores, attendance rates, and office referrals.

The process allowed teachers and students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade the opportunity to work together to complete the Goal-Setting Worksheet by setting goals, establishing a plan of action, and providing feedback through conferences throughout the goal-setting period. Students assessed their progress and worked with the teachers to determine if the student needed to revisit their goal or establish a new goal. The purpose of this process was to increase the students' perception of their sense of belonging and academic achievement.

To determine if there was a change in the students' perception of school climate, students took the Caring School Community climate spring survey and the pre and post School Climate survey. Academic performance was measured by comparing scores on the Missouri Assessment Program Communication Arts and Math test and the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test. Survey results and academic scores were compared over a four year period.

The results were that the implementation of the goal-setting worksheet and teacher-student conferences to school climate did not yield the desired change at the school of study in the areas of overall school climate or academic achievement. However, the understanding of the value of the two has influenced the staff to continue the desire, process, and pursuit to improve the students' perception of the school climate and increase academic performance. Because of the limited timeframe of the study, further investigation of this process is recommended.

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Stewart, Stacyann B. "Grit and self-control as predictors of first-year student success." Thesis, University of Southern Maine, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3722559.

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The objective of this exploratory quantitative study was to investigate the relationships between grit, self-control, and the first academic semester of college students, and determine if the relationships differed by gender. Two research questions were examined; (1) What are the relationships between the individual factors of grit, self-control, and first-semester college GPA? And do they differ by gender? and (2) What combinations of factors (grit, self-control, high school GPA, and SAT scores) best predicts first-semester college GPA? And do they differ by gender?

This study investigated 88 first-time, first-year college students and their academic success during their first college semester using three instruments: the 12-Item Grit Scale, the Self-Control Scale, and the Short-Form C of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Correlation analysis and stepwise regression methods were used to examine relationships.

Findings from this study reinforce that high school GPA and SAT scores are predictors of college academic performance. However, the relationships between high school GPA, SAT scores, and fall GPA in this study were not as strong as indicated in previous studies. Results indicated that grit and academic performance had no relationship, while a small yet significant relationship was found between self-control and academic performance. Additionally, male and female students had somewhat different results in terms of grit, self-control, and academic performance. Predictors of academic performance for male students were high school GPA, self-control, and SAT scores. Female students’ predictors were high school GPA and SAT scores. During an exploration process in this study, self-control was the only predictor of students’ fall GPA when it was less than 2.67. Gender did not play a role in that particular finding, and the best and only predictor of all students’ fall GPA < 2.67 was self-control. That indicated that levels of earned GPA may be related to levels of self-control. The overall findings of this study contribute to further understanding factors related to college success, graduation, and better options for both life and career.

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Hobbs, Klinton E. "Advances in student self-authorship : a program evaluation of the Community Standards Model /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1333.pdf.

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Hobbs, Klinton E. "Advances in Student Self-Authorship: A Program Evaluation of the Community Standards Model." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2006. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/440.

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Universities are increasingly applying student developmental theories in a variety of contexts in order to better understand students and to accomplish institutional educational objectives. Robert Kegan's constructive-developmental theory has been utilized in the creation of the Community Standards Model, a program designed for use in university residence halls. The purpose of the Model is to promote student development from Kegan's third order of consciousness, in which student identity is based on a fusion of their peers' expectations and ideas, to the fourth order of consciousness, in which one becomes the author of his or her own values, beliefs, and ideals. The Community Standards Model has been in place in Brigham Young University-Provo residence halls since 2000, yet no studies have been done to determine its effects. The present study examined the development of student self-authored identity as it occurred during the implementation of the Community Standards Model at BYU-Provo. The Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Inventory was used to evaluate student development across three general developmental tasks. Two populations were sampled: students at BYU-Provo residence halls, where the Model was practiced, and students from BYU-Idaho residence halls, where the Model was not practiced. Students were tested at the beginning and at the end of the 2004-2005 academic school year. Split plot ANOVAs were conducted and no significant interactions were found for any of the three task scores. This study did not detect any significant differential effects with regard to student developmental task achievement that could be attributed to the Community Standards Model. Study results indicated that the Community Standards Model may not fit well at BYU. Many reasons exist as to why the Model may not promote student self-authored identity at BYU, including a mismatch between the Model's emphasis on self-determination of values and ideals and the institution's imposition of certain behavioral and belief standards. However, the Model may have beneficial effects in other areas, such as the development of community. Further research is needed to more fully understand which effects, if any, the Community Standards Model is having at BYU.

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Kuo, Yu-Chun. "Interaction, Internet Self-Efficacy, and Self-Regulated Learning as Predictors of Student Satisfaction in Distance Education Courses." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/741.

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Online learning research is largely devoted to comparisons of the learning gains between face-to-face and distance students. While student learning is important, comparatively little is known about student satisfaction when engaged in online learning and what contributes to or promotes student satisfaction. Emerging research suggests there are a few strong predictors of student satisfaction, and other predictors that may or may not predict student satisfaction. None of the existing research examines predictors together, or statistically controls for course differences. This study examines the influence of various factors on student satisfaction including three types of interaction, Internet self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning. Participants (N = 180) include both undergraduate and graduate students attending exclusively online classes in education. Students responded to an online survey adapted from several different scales. A pilot test of the survey and procedures showed strong validity and reliability for the sample. To control for course differences, data analysis focused on a hierarchical linear model (HLM) with student and class level variables. Results indicate learner-instructor interaction and learner-content interaction are significant predictors of student satisfaction when class-level variables are excluded. Of the class-level predictors, only the program from which the course was offered moderates the effect of learner-content interaction on student satisfaction. There is no direct impact of class-level predictors on student satisfaction. Learner-content interaction is the sole significant predictor when class-level predictors are added to the model. Supporting analyses for the HLM, results, limitations, and significance of the findings are reported and discussed.

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Spisak, Jen. "Secondary Student Information Literacy Self-efficacy vs. Performance." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5643.

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The amount of information in the world has grown exponentially in the last generation. Students often believe that growing up as digital natives means they have advanced information literacy skills. However, school librarians are not seeing evidence of this in their schools. The purpose of this study was to determine if secondary students overestimate their information literacy (IL) abilities, if relationships exist between IL self-efficacy and performance, and if grade level or self-efficacy level changes those relationships. To accomplish this, data were collected from two middle schools and three high schools from a total of 397 students in grades 6, 9, and 12. Students completed the Information Literacy Self-efficacy Scale (ILSES) and the Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills (TRAILS) to measure their IL self-efficacy and performance. The data were examined as a whole, by grade level, by self-efficacy level, and by a breakdown of combined self-efficacy level and grade level. Analyses involved t-tests, bivariate correlations, and hierarchical linear regression. Results showed that all groups overestimated their IL abilities and that the overestimation increased as self-efficacy level increased. In addition, correlations provided evidence of a relationship between IL self-efficacy and performance for each grade level and for each self-efficacy level. Another finding was that in all grade levels, higher self-efficacy equated to higher performance, however, for a large percent of students, high self-efficacy equated with lower scores. Grade level did have an effect on the relationship between IL self-efficacy and performance. This effect showed statistical and practical significance when grade level was used as a covariate but only practical significance when used as a moderating variable. Overall, ninth graders showed a dip in performance when compared to sixth and twelfth grades.

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Cassidy, Simon. "Individual differences and learning : learning style, academic control beliefs and student self-evaluation as aspects of self-regulated learning." Thesis, University of Salford, 2009. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26609/.

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The thesis comprises a collection of ten published works in the field of individual differences and student learning in a, mainly, higher education context involving undergraduate student participants. The works revolve primarily around three principal conceptual areas, identified within the field on the grounds of being recognized mediators of learning and achievement - namely, learning style, academic control beliefs and student self-evaluation. Students' perceptions of themselves as learners, and their use of various processes to regulate their learning, have been identified as critical factors in the analyses of academic development and achievement. On the basis of this, the thesis presents a programme of work concerned with establishing a clearer understanding of the conceptualisation, measurement and pedagogical utility of learning style, academic control beliefs, student peer assessment and student self-assessment. It is argued that each of these constructs plays a major role in the development and practice of student self-regulated learning (SRL). SRL theory therefore provides the theoretical context which unifies and integrates the principal research areas addressed in the thesis. Accordingly, learning style, academic control beliefs and student self-evaluation are suggested as key component processes of SRL. The study of SRL is increasingly being identified as highly relevant to both research and practice-based pedagogy (e.g. Baumert et al., 2000; Zimmerman & Schunk, 2001). It is therefore further suggested that the existing conceptual bases of SRL may represent the foundations for the development of a composite theory capable of characterising, and facilitating, translational modelling of much of the work involving individual differences in learning.

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Taylor, Helen Kermgard. "Evaluation of a community college extended orientation course : effect on self-appraisal and performance /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7882.

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Klenowski, Val. "An investigation of student self-evaluation as an authentic pedagogical practice : processes, possibilities and realities." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1995. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019212/.

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This thesis investigates student self-evaluation in leamer-centred contexts to acquire a deeper understanding of the processes involved. The study describes, analyses and interprets student self-evaluation processes using qualitative, case study research design. Questions of how students go about self-evaluating their experiences of learning and teaching, and how teachers attempt or succeed in integrating experiences of this type of evaluation into their teaching practice, are the focus of this study. The conditions under which these processes are promoted are explored in a secondary school in Western Australia and in a comprehensive secondary school and a Further Education College in London. The constraints that exist in the implementation of these processes are also discussed. The impetus for this research stemmed from a lack of theory on feedback and fonnative assessment in the classroom. It also delived from the perceived potential of the involvement of students in the self-evaluation process as a means to improved learning outcomes. Student self-evaluation, as an authentic pedagogical practice, shifts the evaluative focus to learning itself, and the supportive processes associated with it, rather than focusing simply on the measurement of that learning. Student self-evaluation processes are therefore considered as a fonnative process leading to self-development. It is a process of identifying the value of the teaching and learning expelience for the individual student. This study contributes knowledge about the fonnative purposes of self-evaluation procedures and their links with learning. The potential exists for student selfevaluation processes to harness student ownership and control of their own work, influence the strategies they use in learning, and impact on their confidence, selfesteem and thus the quality of the learning they achieve. Student self-evaluation also supports the development of skills cun•ently being demanded of students to succeed in the twenty first century. This research provides a rationale for sustaining current efforts to transform assessment and evaluation practices despite the antithetical context.

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Ryan, Amanda. "An Examination of the Relation Between Self-Perceived Leadership Practices of High School Principals and Student Achievement." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13228.

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The current study explored the relation between the self-perceived leadership practices of Portland Metro area high school principals (N = 28) and the achievement levels of Hispanic and non-Hispanic White high school students on the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS) high school math test. The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) self-report was used to measure frequency of leadership practices. Differential performance across categories of race and ethnicity were analyzed and compared against high school principal self-reported scores on the LPI. This study expanded on existing research by connecting principal leadership practices to student achievement by subgroup with a focus on achievement of Hispanic and non-Hispanic White students at the secondary level. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients were computed to assess the relation between the self-reported leadership practices of high school principals and student proficiency category percentages. Multiple regressions were used to determine the relative predictive nature of the practices of an exemplary leader in relation to the percentage of Hispanic and non-Hispanic White students who exceeded, met, or did not meet standards on the 2010-2011 OAKS high school math test. School demographic factors of percentage of students of color, percentage of students receiving free or reduced price lunch (FRPL), and percentage of students enrolled in English Language Learner (ELL) programs were also analyzed to determine if these contextual factors had an impact on leadership practices. Results support no predictive nature of student achievement on principal self-assessment of leadership practices nor do they support a relation between school demographic factors and principal leadership.

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Miller, Joelle A. "Predictors of Student Persistence in the STEM Pipeline| Activities Outside the Classroom, Parent Aspirations, and Student Self-Beliefs using NELS|88 Data." Thesis, Notre Dame of Maryland University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3684530.

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Focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) literacy is a national priority for the United States. As competition increases internationally for scientific and technological innovations, the United States is concentrating on building its STEM capacity (Stephens, 2011). Despite the numerous STEM reform efforts there continues to be a decline in STEM graduates and STEM competencies (McNally, 2012; Langdon, Mckittrick, Beede, Doms, & Khan, 2011; Herschback, 2011). With attention focused on increasing STEM college majors and occupations among the student population, the current research investigation centered on the role of parent aspirations, student self-beliefs, and activities outside the classroom to determine the outcome of middle and high school students choosing a STEM college major. Research suggested that students formulate their degree attainment during their middle and high school years, and even earlier (Roach, 2006; Maltese & Tai, 2011); therefore, it was logical to investigate STEM persistence during middle and high school years.

The study analyzed NELS:88, a longitudinal national public data set created by the National Center for Educational Statistics that used 12,144 participants. The students' self-reported data spanned over a 12-year period. Students completed five surveys in the NELS:88 data collection (NCES, 2011). Binary and multivariate logistical regressions determined if activities outside the classroom, parent aspirations, and student self-beliefs influenced STEM college majors. Conclusions of the study found significant relationships between the variables and STEM persistence. Individuals who participated in STEM activities after school were more likely to major in STEM (p<.001,Exp(B)=1.106). There was a significant positive relationship between parent aspirations and increased odds of choosing a STEM major (p<.0001, Exp(B)=1.041). There was a significant relationship between student self-beliefs and choosing a STEM major as students with higher self-beliefs had a decreased odds of choosing a non-STEM major (p<.05, Exp(B)=.988). When all three variables were considered together, self-beliefs were no longer significant (p<.166) but parent aspirations, (p<.0001, Exp(B)=1.034) and activities outside of the classroom (p<.0001, Exp(B)=1.097), both significantly predicted STEM participation.

The results of the research inform policy makers in regard to funding decisions and the development of programs, especially ones that occur outside of the school day. The analysis may guide decisions for school administrators on how to influence student retention within the STEM pipeline. The findings add to existing research and provide a better understanding of predictors affecting student persistence in STEM.

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Wylie, John Richmond. "The Influence of self-concept on non-traditional student persistence in higher education /." View thesis, 2004. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20060511.160334/index.html.

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Thesis (PhD) -- University of Western Sydney, 2004.
"A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." Includes bibliographical references and appendices.

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Church, Jeff W. "Relationship between text display method and college student short term knowledge retention during self-study." [Johnson City, Tenn. : East Tennessee State University], 2002. http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/etd/theses/available/etd-1111102-100017/unrestricted/churchJ111502a.pdf.

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Ho, Wan In. "An inquiry into the learners' perceptions of integrating self- and peer- evaluation into student assessment in English oral class." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2310712.

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Mowrer, Cathy S. "Self-assessment and gender considerations in utilizing the CAFÉ (complexity, accuracy, fluency, evaluation) to assess student word writing abilities /." View abstract, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3220614.

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Kennedy, Lora Lee Harvey. "A Mixed Methods Study Exploring the Implications of the Big Five Personality Traits and Teacher Self-Efficacy on Student Learning." Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13422309.

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This mixed methods study was concerned with the relationship between teachers’ personality traits and teachers’ self-efficacy and their impact on student learning. The study utilized descriptive statistics, correlational analysis, one-way ANOVA, and a focus group interview to answer seven underlying questions that would lead to a clear understanding of the overarching research question, do teacher personality traits and teacher self-efficacy impact student learning? Quantitative and qualitative research results indicated that participants perceived the personality traits conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness to have an impact of student learning. Participants also suggested that teacher self-efficacy played an even more significant role in student learning.

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McCabe, Dorothy Louise. "The underachieving gifted student: an evaluation of the relationship of learning style and academic self-concept to academic achievement and a case study of one gifted high school student." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40074.

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Wagner, Rita Schreyer. "Efficacy of self-instructional training in the management of test anxiety: A primary prevention model." W&M ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618540.

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a program of self-instructional training, presented as part of the regular classroom guidance curriculum, in the reduction of test anxiety and improvement of test performance in third grade children.;The sample consisted of 88 third grade students enrolled in regular education in an elementary school. Intact classes were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups. A nonequivalent control group research design was used. Dependent variables were test anxiety, academic achievement, and test performance and were measured by the Test Anxiety Scale for Children, the Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, and the Coding subtest of the WISC-R. Data was analyzed using an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Four null hypotheses provided the basis for testing whether or not there would be a significant difference (.05 level) between the treatment and control groups.;The results of this data analysis indicated that students in the experimental group achieved lower scores on the self-report test anxiety questionnaire than did students in the control group. The 4-week program of self-instructional training was effective in reducing test anxiety. In contrast, the treatment program was not effective on the variables of test performance and academic achievement.;Recommendations include using a larger sample across more grade levels, having the teachers present in the classroom during the self-instructional training, replication of the study with younger children, and follow-up testing to determine the stability of results over time.

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Spicer-Sutton, Jama, James Lampley, and Donald W. Good. "Self-Assessment and Student Improvement in an Introductory Computer Course at the Community College Level 1." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/283.

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The purpose of this study was to determine a student’s computer knowledge upon course entry and if there was a difference in college students’ improvement scores as measured by the difference in pretest and post-test scores of new or novice users, moderate users, and expert users at the end of a college level introductory computing class. This study also determined whether there were differences in improvement scores by gender or age group. The results of this study were used to determine whether there was a difference in improvement scores among the three campus locations participating in this study. Four hundred sixty-nine students participated in this study at a community college located in Northeast Tennessee. A survey, pretest, and post-test were administered to students in a college level introductory computing class. The survey consisted of demographic data that included gender, age category, location, Internet access, educational experience and the self-rated user category, while the pretest and post-test explored the student’s knowledge of computer terminology, hardware, the current operating system, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. The data analysis revealed significant differences in pretest scores between educational experience categories. In each instance, the pretest mean for first semester freshmen students was lower than second semester freshmen and sophomores. The study also reported significant differences between the self-rated user categories and pretest scores as well as differences in improvement scores (post-test scores minus pretest scores). However, the improvement scores (post-test scores minus pretest scores) were higher than the other self-rated user categories. Of the three participating campus locations, students at Location 1 earned higher improvement scores than did students at Location 2. The results also indicated that there was a significant difference between the types of course delivery and course improvement scores (post-test scores minus pretest scores). The improvement scores for on ground delivery was 5 points higher than the hybrid course delivery. Finally, study revealed no significant differences according to the gender and age categories.

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Chi, Una J. "Classroom Engagement as a Proximal Lever for Student Success in Higher Education| What a Self-Determination Framework within a Multi-Level Developmental System Tells Us." Thesis, Portland State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3616092.

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This study examined the role of course engagement in college student success, especially for students who have multiple life commitments and few social supports. Building on previous measurement work and based in self-determination theory, the study was organized in five steps. Relying on information provided by 860 undergraduates from 12 upper and lower division Psychology classes, the first step was to improve the measurement of course engagement, by mapping the increased complexity found in self-reports of college students (by incorporating items capturing engagement in “out-of-classroom" activities and general orientation, to standard items tapping classroom engaged and disaffected behavior and emotion). 12 items were selected to create a brief assessment covering the conceptual scope of this multidimensional construct; its performance was compared to the full scale and found to be nearly identical.

Second, the assessment was validated by examining the functioning of course engagement within the classroom model: As predicted, engagement was linked to proposed contextual and personal antecedents as well as course performance, and fully or partially mediated the effects of both context and self-perceptions on actual class grades; findings also indicated the importance of including a marker of perceived course difficulty. Third, the university level model was examined, which postulated key predictors of students’ overall academic performance and persistence toward graduation. Unexpectedly, academic identity was found to be the primary driver of persistence and the sole predictor of GPA; moreover, it mediated the effects of learning experiences and course engagement on both outcomes.

The fourth and most important step was to integrate the classroom and university models through course engagement, to examine whether students’ daily engagement predicted their overall performance and persistence at the university level. As expected, course engagement indeed showed a significant indirect effect (through academic identity) on both success outcomes, and these effects were maintained, even when controlling for the effects of university supports. Finally, student circumstances were added to the integrated model, specifically focusing on whether course engagement buffered cumulative non-academic demands on performance and persistence. Although unexpected, most interesting was the marginal interaction revealing that students whose lives were higher in non-academic demands showed the highest levels of persistence when their course engagement was high (and were the least likely to return next term when their engagement was low). Future measurement work and longitudinal studies are suggested to examine how course engagement cumulatively shapes academic identity, especially for students with differentiated profiles of non-academic demands and supports. Implications of findings are discussed for improving student engagement and success, and for using the brief assessment of course engagement as a tool for instructor professional development, and as part of threshold scores that serve as early warning signs for drop-out and trigger timely and targeted interventions.

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Eberle, Wayne M. "Teacher Self-Efficacy and Student Achievement as Measured by North Carolina Reading and Math End-Of-Grade Tests." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1242.

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Teachers continue to experience an increased sense of responsibility as it relates to job performance while still being required to produce at the same level with relation to student performance. This can cause an increase in personal stress and result in lowered feelings of self- worth, having a negative impact on service delivery to children and overall job performance. Bandura (1997) defined self-efficacy as a judgment of one's ability to organize and execute given types of performances. Furthermore, he suggests that the outcomes people anticipate depend largely upon their judgments of how well they will be able to perform in given situations. The same can be said for teachers in relation to their beliefs and attitudes toward their students' overall performance. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether a relationship exists between teachers' feeling of self-efficacy and their students' overall achievement with respect to North Carolina Reading and Math End-Of-Grade tests. Surveys were administered to teachers in grades three through eight, in eight Pre-K through 8th grade schools. Data collected focused on teachers' feeling of self-efficacy. This study employed qualitative data gathered from participant surveys. Participating teachers in this study are in high performing schools as defined by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Their students have good academic records, coupled with high parental involvement (North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2010). Six of the 14 comparisons within this study did not reveal a significant relationship between perceived teacher self-efficacy and North Carolina End-of-Grade reading and math test scores. However a relationship between perceived self-efficacy within gender did reveal that female participants tended to have higher perceived self-efficacy than that of the male participants. Male teacher participants tended to have higher North Carolina End-of-Grade reading test scores than those of female teacher participants. It was also discovered that each of the respondents, regardless of perceived self-efficacy score, had test results in both reading and math that were significantly higher than the state average. Finally it was also discovered that a relationship existed between teacher respondents with lower perceived self-efficacy scores and North Carolina math test scores.

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Naparstek, Laurie Schwartz. "Comparing instructor self-perception versus student perceptions using the same teaching evaluation instrument: a study of computer science courses in an urban master's degree program." Thesis, Boston University, 2005. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/31989.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University
PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
This study compares instructor self-perceptions with student perceptions of teaching quality using the same 16-item evaluation instrument. Three hypotheses were investigated: (1) Instructors' self-evaluations will be higher than those of their respective students; (2) The more similar student-instructor perceptions, the more likely instructors will receive a higher score compared to when student-instructor perceptions are more divergent; and (3) Students taking a course as a major requirement will be more critical of the instructor than those students taking the course as distribution requirement or an elective. A total of 1,524 individuals (1,452 graduate students and 72 instructors) in a part-time evening computer science program participated in the study of 79 courses over the spring and fall semesters of 1996. Overall, instructors generally perceived themselves more positively than their students, although statistically significant differences were observed for only three relevant items (involving grading fairness, presentation clarity and instructor enthusiasm) of the 16 items evaluated. Instructors whose perceptions were more similar to their students were generally rated higher than those instructors whose perceptions were more divergent from their students; however, the difference was not significant. Finally, contrary to the third hypothesis, the reason for taking a course did not have a significant effect on student ratings of the instructor.
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Muhapili, Andrew Matumo. "Exploring student teachers' active learning through self-assessment, peer assessment and reflection at Rundu Campus at the University of Namibia." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79881.

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Student teachers are faced with the challenge of adapting their teaching so as to accommodate active learning through self-assessment, peer assessment and reflection. The objectives of the study were therefore to explore how active learning may be enhanced through self-assessment, peer assessment and reflection. The participants in the study were second- and third-year students at Rundu Campus of the University of Namibia. The research employed a case study design with qualitative data and using a descriptive, contextual approach. Semi-structured interviews, focus-group interviews and observations were utilised to obtain data. Once consent was obtained from the relevant authorities, second- and third-year student teachers were interviewed. Ethical requirements were adhered to throughout the research process. The findings indicated that students had both positive and negative perceptions in respect of self-assessment, peer assessment and reflection in promoting their active engagement in learning. Overall, the findings of the study revealed positive signs that active learning can be enhanced by student teachers through the use of strategies such as self-assessment, peer assessment and reflection. The study also pointed to implications of the research for teacher education practices and possible future research.

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Bartholomew, Scott. "A Mixed-Method Study of Mobile Devices and Student Self-Directed Learning and Achievement During a Middle School STEM Activity." DigitalCommons@USU, 2016. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4748.

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The increasingly ubiquitous nature of mobile devices among K-12 students has led many to argue for and against the inclusion of mobile devices in K-12 classrooms. Some have conjectured that access to mobile devices may enable student self-directed learning. This research used a mixed-method approach to explore the relationships between mobile devices and student achievement and self-directed learning during a Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) activity in a middle school Technology and Engineering Education classroom. In this study, 706 students from 18 classes worked in groups of 2-3 to complete an open-ended engineering design challenge. Students completed design portfolios and constructed prototypes. Classes were randomly divided with some receiving access to mobile devices during the study while others did not. Additionally, randomly assigned classes completed the design portfolio electronically while others completed the portfolio on paper. Final student portfolios and products were assessed using adaptive comparative judgment (ACJ). In ACJ, judges view two artifacts (portfolios or products) electronically and choose the better of the two. Repeating this process, a number of times produced a rank-order for the artifacts. The rank order for student portfolios and products represented student achievement. Statistical analyses of student access, portfolio type, student self-directed learning, and student achievement were conducted. Thirty student interviews and five teacher interviews were conducted and interviewees were asked questions regarding mobile devices, self-directed learning, and their experience during the study. Responses from the interviews were transcribed and coded using causation and thematic coding techniques. The resulting themes from the interviews helped clarify the quantitative findings. Findings from both the quantitative and qualitative analyses showed that student access to mobile devices was significantly correlated with higher scores on student design portfolios while student achievement on design products was independent of mobile device access. This suggests that mobile devices may improve student achievement in certain types of scenarios but not in others. Student self-directed learning was independent of mobile device access. Students and teachers both commented that mobile devices may be effective at increasing student self-directed learning or achievement but only through proper instruction and demonstration.

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P'Pool, Keely. "Using Dweck's Theory of Motivation to Determine How a Student's View of Intelligence Affects Their Overall Academic Achievement." TopSCHOLAR®, 2012. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1214.

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This study explored how student intelligence was directly linked to the goals and motivation held by students when engaged in academic settings. Students were administered a questionnaire developed by Dr. Carol Dweck in which they responded to statements in order to determine their individual theory of intelligence. Once this was accomplished, multiple student variables (including but not limited to first semester GPA, second semester GPA, ACT composite score, age, and college coursework) were compared to their view of intelligence to determine if any correlations existed. Results showed that there was no significant difference between students who viewed intelligence as malleable or fixed with regard to first semester GPA scores or the comparison between first and second semester GPA scores. The data from this research study supported other research by finding that approximately 15% of students were identified in the undecided category regarding their view of intelligence. There was no significant difference found between entity theorists and incremental theorists in regards to the theory of intelligence students held determining whether or not their second semester GPA scores would increase or decrease when compared to their first semester GPA scores. In addition, a significant difference was found between student views of intelligence and their ACT composite score. It was also discovered that there was a positive correlation between how students viewed intelligence and how they viewed talent development. Findings from this study suggest that praise can be both motivating as well as detrimental to students, and it is important that the correct type of praise be used when addressing students. It was also discovered that teachers can have a direct role in regard to helping students change their view of intelligence from an entity view, in which they view intelligence as a fixed trait, to an incremental view, in which they view intelligence as a malleable trait and able to change through their own effort and hard work. Future research topics are discussed in an effort to determine what strategies and methods can be utilized to allow as many students as possible to reach their full academic potential.

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Borst, Andrew John. "Evaluating academic and student affairs partnerships: the impact of living-learning communities on the development of critical thinking skills in college freshmen." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/927.

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This dissertation was the first study to estimate the direct and indirect effects of living-learning community (LLC) participation on a standardized measure of critical thinking using a multi-institution longitudinal research design. It is possible that despite being lauded nationally as an effective institutional intervention, LLCs may simply cluster students predisposed to be more engaged with their environment, more academically prepared, and more open to growth compared with traditional residence hall peers. Recent studies have demonstrated a positive relationship between LLC participation and self-reported growth in critical thinking. The findings of this study demonstrate markedly different conclusions from previous LLC studies exploring the outcome of critical thinking. The results of this study suggest that net of academic ability and background and institutional characteristics, students who participated in LLCs did not demonstrate greater gains on a standardized measure of critical thinking than their peers in traditional residence hall environments. To investigate the relationship between LLC participation and growth in critical thinking, I performed secondary data analysis from the 2006, 2007, and 2008 cohorts of the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education - a longitudinal study of teaching practices, programs, and institutional structures that support liberal arts education. From the initial 53 colleges and universities in the WNSLAE study, I selected a sub-sample of 19 institutions with formal LLC programs to make a more conservative estimate of the reliability of participation in an LLC. The final sub-sample included 435 (25%) students in the experimental group (students participating in LLCs) and 1,282 (75%) students in the control group (students living in traditional residence halls). This study makes four important contributions to the literature on LLC. First, the longitudinal nature of the WNSLAE data allowed for an estimate of growth during the first-year of college and controls for students' self-selection into the experimental or control groups. Second, the critical thinking module of the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency allowed for an objective measure compared to previous studies that use students' self-reports. Third, this was the first multi-institution LLC study to include liberal arts colleges in the sample. LLCs at liberal arts colleges did not demonstrate a differential impact compared with LLCs at regional and research universities on students' growth in critical thinking. Finally, post hoc analysis did not demonstrate conditional differences of LLC impact between students background, institutional characteristics, or the degree of faculty and peer interaction.

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Yuan, Jing. "FROM MEAN TO QUANTILES: RETHINKING INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AND MATHEMATICS SELF-EFFICACY." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edp_etds/82.

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The significance of this dissertation research is twofold with both methodological advancement and empirical update. In this dissertation research, quantile regression (QR) was introduced to social sciences researchers as a response to the weaknesses of the traditional mean-based regression often referred to as multiple regression. General advantages of QR includes being more flexible for modeling data with heterogeneous conditional distributions, more robust to outliers, and having richer characterization and description of the data. Results of QR allow researchers to not only describe a general trend of changes in the effects of the independent variables across a continuous distribution of the dependent variable but also provide information on characteristics of any shift in the distribution caused by the independent variables. These shifts pertain to location, scale, and shape shifts. This dissertation research reviewed graphical ways to examine location, scale, and shape shifts, and more importantly, developed statistical ways to quantify location, scale, and shape shifts (i.e., test for statistical significance of location, scale, and shape shifts). Overall, this dissertation demonstrated that the introduction of QR as an advanced statistical procedure will advance the quantitative landscape of social sciences research. The results of this dissertation showed that QR can detect the differential effects of independent variables on the dependent variables that mean-based regression cannot detect and therefore uncovers more detailed relationships. This quality of QR enables more in-depth research than mean-based regression in many fields. The results of this dissertation also showed that QR allows for the understanding of relationships between variables outside the mean of the data, making it useful in understanding outcomes that are non-normally distributed and that have non-linear relationships with the independent variables. Finally, this dissertation introduced ways to detect and describe distributional shifts caused by the independent variables. The median regression line describes the (central) location shift. In addition to the estimated location shifts, the other QR lines provide information about the scale and shape shifts. This dissertation developed the bootstrapping approach to test for statistical significance when comparing location, scale, and shape shifts between parameters within and between samples (i.e., studies). This dissertation research applied QR to the examination of individual differences in mathematics achievement and mathematics self-efficacy, using the 2003 and 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data. The QR results showed that the effects of many student characteristics were not constant across the mathematics outcomes distributions (i.e., mathematics achievement and mathematics self-efficacy). This suggested that individual differences were valued heterogeneously across the mathematics outcomes distributions. There was only one statistically significant location shift in terms of individual differences associated with family structure in both mathematics achievement and mathematics self-efficacy between 2003 and 2012. There was only one statistically significant scale shift in terms of individual differences associated with father SES in mathematics achievement for the middle 40 percent of the students between 2003 and 2012. There was only one statistically significant scale shift in terms of individual differences associated with gender in mathematics self-efficacy for the middle 40 percent of the students between 2003 and 2012. There was only one statistically significant shape shift in terms of individual differences associated with gender in mathematics self-efficacy between 2003 and 2012. Even though QR and LMR results can be similar in terms of statistical significance, they can differ dramatically in magnitude. Students’ age, gender, and socioeconomic status were typical examples in this study. The effect of student age generally became more positive as student mathematics achievement increased in 2003. This suggests that age had a stronger effect on better-performing students than lower-performing students in 2003. It also means that there are more age differences in the upper tail of student mathematics achievement distribution than in the lower tail.

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Reid, Hannah Marie. "Teacher Self-Identity: A Narrative Inquiry Into the Lives of Teachers and the Influences on Their Interactions with Students." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1500045350342949.

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Garcia, Erin. "Students’ Meaning-Making Journeys Towards Self-Authorship Through Self-Designed Gap Year Experiences." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3831.

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This phenomenological, qualitative study addressed student perceptions of their meaning-making process towards self-authorship in a self-designed gap year experience and was conducted in a public higher educational institution in the Southeast. Data was gathered through interviews from a purposeful sample of gap year program participants and program administrators. Emerging themes and categories were identified by coding and analyzing the interview data, such as continual reflection reinforces the value of individual meaning-making, self-expectations versus self-worth, the influence of societal expectations are minimized, and self-designed learning helps to solidify changes in self-authorship. The data showed a strong connection between multiple meaning-making contexts for students and an enhancement in their authorship, as well as multiple-identities. The findings may be useful in gap year program reflection and redesign, and provide implications for self-design in experiential learning opportunities and gap year outcomes.

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Cruz, Maria de Fatima Silveira Lopes [UNIFESP]. "Portfólio do Discente: Resgatando uma Experiência no Curso de Medicina da UNIMONTES." Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2009. http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9945.

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A avaliação e os instrumentos avaliativos continuam sendo um grande desafio no processo ensino-aprendizagem. Partindo desse entendimento, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo conhecer a importância[Otilia Se1] do portfólio no processo de ensino-aprendizagem, a partir da perspectiva dos estudantes e mentores que vivenciaram essa experiência no período do primeiro semestre de 2005 até o primeiro semestre de 2007, no[Otilia Se2][Microsoft3] Curso de Medicina da UNIMONTES. O desenho metodológico compreendeu os seguintes procedimentos: pesquisa bibliográfica e documental (os portfólios dos estudantes e as avaliações realizadas pelos mentores acerca dos estudantes) e questionário de perguntas abertas e fechadas. Os dados foram analisados pela técnica da Análise de Conteúdo com uso da Análise Temática. Os sujeitos da pesquisa foram os estudantes que iniciaram o Curso de Medicina em fevereiro de 2005 e um mentor que desenvolveu o portfólio com essa turma. Os resultados evidenciam que os estudantes estão comprometidos com o processo de ensinoaprendizagem. O portfólio possibilitou as percepções pessoais dos desempenhos dos discentes nos aspectos cognitivos, de habilidades e de atitudes e forneceu informações sobre as atividades curriculares. Os dados indicam que o portfólio atuou em vários níveis de avaliação: deu suporte ao processo de aprendizagem e autoaprendizagem; possibilitou a reflexão dos estudantes sobre seu próprio trabalho, identificando seus avanços e dificuldades; demonstrou o desempenho dos professores, das atividades pedagógicas e dos serviços de ensino, possibilitando um rico conhecimento sobre o caminhar de todo o curso. Segundo a pesquisa, o mentor tem relevante papel, ao mediar o desenvolvimento do desempenho do estudante. Assim, é evidente a necessidade de formação continuada por parte dos mentores e dos estudantes acerca dessa ferramenta avaliativa. Nesse contexto, o estudo aponta para a necessidade de reaprender conceitos e ressignificar a avaliação com a finalidade de torná-la mais efetiva e homogênea por parte dos docentes e dos discentes. Avaliar é importante para aperfeiçoar a pessoa, projetá-la, descobrir pontos positivos, que possam melhorá-la ainda mais, conhecer o que o estudante ainda não aprendeu para estimulá-lo a aprender, para mudar, transformar a sua forma de ser, pensar e agir. Palavras-chave: Portfólio, Avaliação Formativa, Autoavaliação, Perfil do Estudante, Curso de Medicina.
The evaluation process and evaluative instruments still remain a great challenge in the teaching-learning process. Based on this fact, the aim of this study was to identify the importance of the portfolio in the teaching-learning process, from the student´s and professor´s point of view who attend the Medical Course fin the first semester of 2005. The methodological design involved the following procedures: document research (students portfolio and the evaluation processes performed by tutors) and open closed format questions. Data were analyzed by means of Content Analysis with the aid of thematic analysis. The subjects of this research were students who started the Medical Course on February 2005 and a tutor who gave support during the course. The results showed that students are involved in the teaching-learning process. This instrument allowed personal perceptions of the student´s development regarding cognitive aspects, abilities, attitudes and also allowed to obtain information on curricular activities. Data showed that the portfolio operated in several levels of the evaluation process; gave support to the teaching-learning process and self-learning; allowed the students to make considerations on their own work environment, identifying improvements and difficulties; showed the professor´s performance, regarding pedagogical activities and teaching services, and brought a rich knowledge about development during the course. According to the research, the tutor had an important role when mediating the student´s development. It was obvious the need of a continuous education for tutor and students about evaluative instruments, emphasizing the necessity of reflections, readings and discussion on this issue. In this context, this study showed the importance to re-learn concepts and re-meaning the evaluation process aiming to make this process more effective and homogeneous by the professors and students. Evaluation helps the individual to develop, to project, to be able to discover positive points in order to improve oneself, also to get to know the student, stimulating him to learn, to change, to transform the way somebody thinks and acts.
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Chen, Hung-Ling. "An investigation of self-directed learning among non-music major adult piano learners in one-to-one piano instruction /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1996. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11974515.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1996.
Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Robert Pace. Dissertation Committee: Harold Abeles. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-110).

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Ishikawa, Yasushige. "Blended learning in a university EFL course." Kyoto University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/199405.

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Kyoto University (京都大学)
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(主査)教授壇辻正剛, 教授東郷雄二, 教授齋藤治之, 教授服部文昭
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King, Holly M. King. "Teacher Affective Attitudes Inventory: Development and Validation of a Teacher Self-Assessment Instrument." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1499723746040929.

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Bourne, Anthony. "Development of the Academic Performance-Commitment Matrix (APCM): Understanding the effects of motivation and an engineering mathematics curricular intervention on student self-efficacy and success in engineering." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1401759063.

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Bennett, Deborah Peterson. "Elementary School Teacher Perceptions of Using Formative Strategies To Improve Instruction." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1399.

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Standardized test data from a southern suburban elementary school showed lagging student scores behind those of students from similar settings. These scores suggested a disconnection between teachers' understanding of and practice in formative assessment. Bloom's revised taxonomy, backward design planning theory, and differentiated learning theory guided this study, which focused on how elementary teachers use formative strategies in the classroom to inform instruction. Data collected through face-to-face interviews from 10 teachers were transcribed and organized in codes and themes. Member checks were then used to ensure credibility of interpretations. The key results showed that these 10 teachers used many formative assessment strategies with their students, yet they were unfamiliar with backward design theory and did not use peer feedback or self-assessment as strategies. The proposed project focused on providing professional development in 3 modules addressing professional learning community norms, backward design theory unit planning, and strategies for peer feedback and student goal setting. This project may lead to positive social change by empowering teachers to design curriculum and assessment with authentic learning experiences and providing students with goal-setting strategies to become responsible for learning. The project's positive social change may lead to this school and district closing the identified achievement gap. It is recommended that further research on teacher perception of formative assessment should include more elementary and middle schools.

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Torres, Núñez Pablo Enrique. "The culturally adaptive functionality of self-regulation : explorations of children's behavioural strategies and motivational attitudes." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2017. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/275666.

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The present study aimed to explore the culture specificity of student self-regulation and its supporting motivational attitudes. Specifically, it enquired about similarities and differences between Chilean and English 8 to 9 year-old students in terms of their expression of self-regulatory behaviours, the psychological factors underlying these behaviours, and the functionality of these behaviours for task performance. It also compared student adoption of achievement motivational attitudes as well as the functionality of these attitudes for investment of effort and self-regulatory activity between cultures. Finally, the role of classroom cultures for self-regulation was studied. In particular, it examined the effects of classrooms and the quality of teacher talk (teacher-to-student communicative interactions/demands), such as teacher ‘regulatory talk’ and ‘socio-motivational talk’, on student self-regulation. A quantitative approach to the analysis of qualitative data (i.e. videos of student behaviour engaged in 11 to 13 experimental tasks, semi-structured interviews, videoed literacy lessons) was adopted. Eight classrooms situated in different schools from Chile and England were part of the study. In total, 8 teachers and 49 students – one teacher and six to seven students per classroom – took active part in the study. Qualitative data was primarily analysed using observational scales (for student behaviour), thematic analysis (for interview data), as well as socio-cultural discourse analysis (for videoed lessons). Statistical techniques, such as Mann Whitney U test, Factor Analysis, Multinomial logistic regressions, and Multilevel regressions were then applied on numerical transformations of the data. Overall, results suggest that self-regulation and achievement motivational attitudes vary to important extents according to culture. Most interestingly, these varied between cultures not so much in terms of the degree to which children used or adopted them, but rather in terms of their functionality. Some key findings supporting this conclusion were: i) Strong similarities between English and Chilean children’s levels of self-regulatory behaviours; ii) substantial differences across country samples in relation to the psychological factors underlying the expression of specific self-regulatory behaviours; iii) the finding of evaluative actions being self-regulatory in England but not in Chile; iv) a higher variety of self-regulatory behaviours being predictive of task performance in England than in Chile; v) the fact that learned self-regulatory behaviours accounted for effects of effective metacognitive control on task performance in England but not Chile; vi) some important differences in the achievement motivational attitudes expressed by Chilean and English students; and vii) culture-specific functionalities of various achievement motivational attitudes with respect to student effort and self-regulatory behaviours. Moreover, results suggest that some aspects of children’s self-regulation and motivational attitudes develop as tools to adapt to classroom cultures, specifically to the learning interactions/demands socially afforded by teacher talk. Among key findings supporting this conclusion were: i) effects of classrooms on children’s cognitive, social, and motivational self-regulation behavioural strategies, and ii) clear effects of teacher ‘regulatory talk’ (e.g., teacher ‘self-regulatory talk’ predicting more planning and asking for clarifications in students) and ‘socio-motivational talk’ (e.g., teacher ‘talk against self-efficacy’ predicting higher dependency-oriented help-seeking in students) on those behaviours with respect to which classrooms were found to matter. Thus a theory about the culturally adaptive functionality (CAF) of self-regulation and motivational attitudes supporting self-regulation is developed throughout the thesis.

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Giraldez, Dianna Isabel. "Using Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) to Examine the Effects of Equine Assisted Activities on the Personal and Professional Development of Student Therapists." NSUWorks, 2015. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dft_etd/15.

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The Introduction to Equine Assisted Family Therapy course offered at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) provides Master’s and Doctoral level student therapists the opportunity to learn how to conduct an equine session and how to utilize horses as part of the therapeutic process. Students learn about the underlying theories and framework behind the equine activities and methodology, as well as participate in the equine activities themselves. For the purpose of this study, classroom discussions centered around processing the students’ experiences and were further enriched by viewing photographs and videos that had been taken of the students conducting the equine activities. The researcher utilized IPR as a qualitative methodology to create an improved perspective where students reflected on their experience and made connections with their professional and personal developments. The findings of this grounded theory study document how students reflected on their personal and clinical development. More specifically, the transcripts of the conversations that took place during class discussions and interviews from students who took the course a year earlier showed that students reflected on their personal awareness, created changes in their relationships, developed their self of the therapist, honed in on their clinical skills and started viewing therapy differently. This study confirmed the transformative nature that the Introduction to Equine Assisted Therapy course has on the students.

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Hellmann, Joanne N. "Social and Psychological Factors Related to the Career Exploration Process of Young Adults." UKnowledge, 2014. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/19.

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This study examined social and psychological factors influencing the career exploration process of young adults. The predictor variables of this study were parental attachment, peer attachment, and self-efficacy; the outcome variables were environmental/occupational exploration, self-exploration, and career indecision. Data for this study were collected using various measures that were compiled into one survey hosted on Qualtrics. Results indicated that secure maternal attachment predicted secure peer attachment and high self-efficacy in young adults. Greater peer attachment was negatively correlated with environmental exploration. A higher level of self-efficacy was positively correlated with environmental exploration and negatively correlated with career indecision. These results imply that maternal attachment has an indirect influence on a young adult’s career exploration process.

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Falkenberg, Carol Ann. "The Effects of Self-monitoring on Homework Completion and Accuracy Rates of Students with Disabilities in an Inclusive General Education Classroom." FIU Digital Commons, 2010. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/298.

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This study investigated the effects of self-monitoring on the homework completion and accuracy rates of four, fourth-grade students with disabilities in an inclusive general education classroom. A multiple baseline across subjects design was utilized to examine four dependent variables: completion of spelling homework, accuracy of spelling homework, completion of math homework, accuracy of math homework. Data were collected and analyzed during baseline, three phases of intervention, and maintenance. Throughout baseline and all phases, participants followed typical classroom procedures, brought their homework to school each day and gave it to the general education teacher. During Phase I of the intervention, participants self-monitored with a daily sheet at home and on the computer at school in the morning using KidTools (Fitzgerald & Koury, 2003); a student friendly, self-monitoring program. They also participated in brief daily conferences to review their self-monitoring sheets with the investigator, their special education teacher. Phase II followed the same steps except conferencing was reduced to two days a week, which were randomly selected by the researcher and Phase III conferencing was one random day a week. Maintenance data were taken over a two-to-three week period subsequent to the end of the intervention. Results of this study demonstrated self-monitoring substantially improved spelling and math homework completion and accuracy rates of students with disabilities in an inclusive, general education classroom. On average, completion and accuracy rates were highest over baseline in Phase III. Self-monitoring led to higher percentages of completion and accuracy during each phase of the intervention compared to baseline, group percentages also rose slightly during maintenance. Therefore, results suggest self-monitoring leads to short-term maintenance in spelling and math homework completion and accuracy. This study adds to the existing literature by investigating the effects of self-monitoring of homework for students with disabilities included in general education classrooms. Future research should consider selecting participants with other demographic characteristics, using peers for conferencing instead of the teacher, and the use of self-monitoring with other academic subjects (e.g., science, history). Additionally, future research could investigate the effects of each of the two self-monitoring components used alone, with or without the conferencing.

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Harvey, Kristin Emilia. "Building students’ mathematics self-efficacy through student-teacher trust." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5054.

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A current national priority is improving secondary school mathematics performance. Middle school students’ trust in their mathematics teachers can lead to better relationships and increased feelings of competence, or mathematics self-efficacy, which is consistently linked to achievement. Student trust is based on perceptions of a teacher’s competence, benevolence, openness, reliability, and honesty. To determine the effect of trust in a teacher on student mathematics self-efficacy while accounting for the non-independence due to shared classroom experiences, hierarchical linear modeling will be utilized. Controlling for prior achievement, mathematics self-efficacy is expected to be higher for students who perceive their mathematics teacher meets more of the criteria for trust, with a stronger effect for low-achieving students. The implications of the outcomes of the proposed study suggest the creation of a training program to facilitate trust building between students and teachers. This report also includes an evaluation plan which details the components of the trust building program, a model for the program, and the proposed method to measure the reported outcomes.
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Bland, Lisa Shawn Dorn Charles M. "The effects of a self-reflective learning process on student art performance." Diss., 2005. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04112005-170329/.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2005.
Advisor: Dr. Charles Dorn, Florida State University, School of Visual Arts and Dance, Dept. of Art Education. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 8, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 121 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

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Cheng, Ya-Fang, and 鄭雅方. "A Learning Analytics Dashboard Visualizing Student Structured Self-Evaluation and Unstructured Learning Experience." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/xsr79d.

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In the recent, many learning analytics researches analyze learning data collected from learning systems. These data may be collected from system’s record, inputted from teachers about course activity, or provided from students about’ their learning or the advice and feedback for the course or teachers. According to different users may have different expected goals. However, most studies focuses on learning data collected from systems and few studies addresses data provided from students. This study develops a learning analytics dashboard system to collect and analyze student structured self-evaluation and unstructured learning experience. This study address student learning motivation and its impact on students' learning outcomes. This study refers to the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) to design Questionnaire enables students to self-evaluate their learning experience after each class via eight self-evaluation 5-Likert scale questionnaires. The eight questionnaires not only inquire the student’s interest, benefit, understanding, enjoyment, engagement, and effort in regards to the class, but also inquire about the lecture pace and difficulty. Besides, the system also enables students to input their learning experience reports of the course and assignments in text format, and uses sentiment analysis to analyze the student learning experience reports to represent the student’s emotional states. In sum, the learning dashboard system visualizes and traces student learning motivation and emotional states from their structured data of self-evaluation and unstructured data of learning experience reports. The evaluative results revealed that students’ self-evaluation results could be adopted as predictor indicators of their learning performance.

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Meale, Marcia Schilling Dorn Charles M. "The effect of goal setting, self-evaluation and self-reflection on student art performance in selected 4th and 5th grade visual art classes." Diss., 2005. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04122005-001818.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2005.
Advisor: Dr. Charles M. Dorn, Florida State University, College of Visual Arts and Dance, Dept. of Art Education. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 9, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains x, 150 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

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"The Power of Instructor-Student and Peer Rapport in Post-Secondary Student Achievement." Doctoral diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.49097.

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abstract: This paper addresses a local problem of practice at Arizona State University regarding the support for potentially underprepared students. The overarching goal of this study was to better understand the role rapport plays in student achievement. This study examines how the LEAD Project (Learn, Explore, Advance, Design), in particular student relationships with instructors and their peers, may or may not influence student achievement. LEAD students complete three courses as a group – Introduction to Human Communication (COM 100), Critical Reading and Thinking (UNI 110), and The LEAD Project (ASU 150). The innovation was designed to give students the opportunity to build relationships with their instructors and with each other, so class sizes are limited to 40 students. Additionally, instructors work together outside of class to develop curriculum, instructional plans, and how to best support individual students. Guiding literature for this study included Self-Determination Theory (SDT) as well as related studies (Deci & Flaste, 1995). This theory describes human motivation as a factor of the extent to which one feels autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Though relevant in many contexts, past researchers used SDT as a tool for understanding students’ motivation to learn (Black & Deci, 2000; Freiberger, Steinmayr, & Spinath, 2012; Reeve & Jang, 2006). The study used a concurrent mixed-method action research design including interviews, questionnaires, and institutional data. Over 400 first-year students participated in the study. Students shared their perceptions of their rapport with their instructors and peers, and their perceived learning in each of the three LEAD courses. Data were analyzed using correlation and linear regression approaches. Significant relations occurred between many instructor-student rapport scales, peer rapport, perceived learning, and course grades. Additionally, instructor-student rapport scales significantly predicted perceived learning. Qualitative and quantitative findings were aligned with each other, and were consistent with previous studies. This study advances the body of knowledge about instructor-student rapport by extending the findings around its role in student achievement. Results also suggested the need to further explore the role of peer rapport and its influence on student achievement. Results from the study show instructor-student rapport was mediators of student achievement.
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Casciato, Denise M. "Effect of a self-evaluation checklist on the quality of student teachers' scripted lesson plans." 2007. http://www.etda.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/ETD-1887/index.html.

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Seifert, Tricia Anne Dailey. "Effects of an outdoor orientation program on self-efficacy relative to first-year student success." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/30316.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate what effect, if any, an outdoor orientation program conducted at a comprehensive public institution in the Northwest school had on first-year students' self-efficacy relative to success in their first year of college, measured as academic and social integration. A random sample of students who registered for the raft/hike option of the FOOTsteps program and a random sample of students not registered for FOOTsteps or for the university's orientation class were sent surveys through campus mail. These surveys asked them to rate their confidence in completing tasks associated with academic and social integration into the college setting. While no statistically significant difference between the groups was found, time was a significant factor in increasing efficacy expectations for both groups. Additionally, the study looked to see if there were any differential effects of the treatment program on participants' self-efficacy depending on the participants' prior outdoor adventure experience. Again, no statistically significant differences were found. Despite these insignificant statistical results, it was found through focus groups and participant journals that the outdoor orientation program aided in the participants ability to develop social connections and make friends, thus moderating the anxiety of the beginning of college.
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Krohn, Katherine Rae. "The Effect of Self-Recording and Contingent Credit on the Quantity and Relevance of College Student Participation in Class Discussion." 2010. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/815.

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In sizeable discussion-based college classrooms, achieving any approximation of balanced student participation is difficult. More common is a pattern that develops wherein a small percentage of the class dominates discussion and a larger percentage rarely or never participates. Thus, the purpose of this study was to find ways to balance the amount of discussion across students without diminishing the relevance of discussion. Consequently, this study evaluated the efficacy of crediting participation and requiring students to self-record their daily participation. Students (N = 160) in three sections of an undergraduate educational psychology course self-recorded their comments on specially designed record cards and received credit for participation during selected phases of the study. Additionally, an observer kept track of each class discussion by coding the quantity of each student’s daily participation. Relevance and type of student responses were assessed as ancillary dependent measures, also recorded by the observer. Credit decreased the percentage of both non-participants and dominant participants, thus balancing participation across students. Self-recording had a minimal effect on participation. Neither credit nor self-recording altered relevance or type of student comments. Few overall instances of non-relevant student commenting indicated that the construct was too narrowly defined, which provides direction for future attempts to assess quality of student participation. Because these findings resulted from comparisons within and between three sections of the course, instructor behavior was also monitored daily. A secondary observer’s records revealed that instructor behaviors (i.e., type and number of questions asked and feedback given) did not inflate or diminish the effect of treatment conditions. A 50-item survey assessed student perceptions of participation at the beginning of the course and was found to significantly predict student participation. Through a series of four principal components analyses, I extracted three specific factors. Logistic regression analyses showed that the primary factor, History and Confidence regarding Participation, differentiated high and low participants as well as the total survey and the three combined factors. This factor best predicted membership in a low participant group in the non-credit units and membership in a high participant group in the credit units.

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