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Staley, Shannon M.; Branch, Nicole A.; Hewitt, Tom L. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2010
Introduction: We explore the use of a psychometric model for locally-relevant, information literacy assessment, using an online tool for standardised assessment of student learning during discipline-based library instruction sessions. Method: A quantitative approach to data collection and analysis was used, employing standardised multiple-choice…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Information Literacy, Student Evaluation, Student Surveys
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Turner, Caroline Sotello Viernes – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2021
This essay begins with a presentation of the author's personal and professional background relative to the topics of diversity, identity, socialization, and the inequality of educational outcomes. Turner then presents US census and Chronicle of Higher Education data to provide a national context for the discussion to follow, including but not…
Descriptors: Diversity, Identification (Psychology), Socialization, Equal Education
Furlong, Michael; Quirk, Matthew – Contemporary School Psychology, 2011
This study examined the relations of age, preschool experience, and gender with children's school readiness levels at kindergarten entry. The sample included 5,512 children of predominantly Hispanic heritage and from families experiencing low socioeconomic circumstances. A series of between-subjects ANOVAs indicated that age…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Age, Low Income, Mathematics Achievement
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Church, Kathy L. – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2010
This article explores the premise of teacher identity development through course experiences directed at inquiry and social awareness. The course exploration examines the use of various strategies used to help promote educators as change agents. Pre-service students enrolled in a one-year master's program with teaching credential participated in a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Change Agents, Teacher Education Programs, Masters Programs
Riggs, Matthew L.; Verdi, Michael P.; Arlin, Patricia K. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2009
In 1998, the California legislature passed Senate Bill SB 2042 which replaced the previous teacher certification legislation. The new law required that all elementary and secondary teacher certification programs in the State of California align their programs with new teaching standards. These standards included Teacher Performance Expectations…
Descriptors: Credentials, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, Program Effectiveness
Irving, Miles Anthony; Hudley, Cynthia – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2008
This study investigated the relationship between intercultural perceptions, identity, and academic achievement among African American males. Specifically, this study investigated the relationship of academic achievement, cultural mistrust, oppositional cultural attitudes, ethnic identity development and educational outcome expectations and value,…
Descriptors: African American Students, Ethnicity, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
Amaya, Silvia Fuentes – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2004
The environmental education field in Mexico is a relatively new social space characterized by wide discursive proliferation and organized by regional hegemonies. In this context, a plurality of identification processes has taken place. There is not a singular environmental educator identity but a multiplicity of local definitions. In this paper, I…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Masters Programs, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries