The main purpose of this ex post facto study was to determine the student teachers’ knowledge of classroom assessment and their conceptions of classroom assessment. The sample size was 111 student teachers in a university in Jamaica. Data were collected by using a questionnaire. The results showed that the student teachers had some knowledge of classroom assessment with no differences in gender, age range, area of specialization and year in the program as it pertains to their knowledge of classr...

Teaching and Learning Technologies  Educational Technology  Higher Education 

With the higher requirement of learner autonomy for EFL learners at the tertiary level, mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) is raising more and more attention for autonomous language learning. It is not easy to find appropriate mobile applications in this modern era with constant technology development and application updating. EFL learners also need more time and chance to be accustomed to mobile use in learner autonomy. Given this, the purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of mob...

Language Education  Teaching and Learning Technologies  Educational Technology 

^{Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in cognitive learning strategies of students of the faculty of dentistry in Casablanca between the beginning and the end of the university curriculum. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire distributed to 318 students in their 1st and the 5th year class in the 2021/2022 academic year. Results: 17% of 5th} year students listened without taking notes compa...

Pedagogy  Teaching and Learning Technologies 

The deep integration of education and technology has revolutionized teaching models, and blended learning is one of the important means of future classroom teaching. However, superficialism, shallow learning, and sham learning have become the current state of blended learning. This article starts from the perspective of deep learning, deeply analyzes the high compatibility between deep learning and blended teaching, and proposes blended teaching design strategies based on actual course cases, in...

Teaching and Learning Technologies 

Research on the topic of summative assessments has attracted a large audience. The latest trend of a “process-oriented view of learning” has given rise to a heated discussion about assessment as a facilitative instrument to scaffold learning rather than being regarded solely as a “high-stake” measurement tool. Black and Wiliam contributed heavily to theorizing about the pedagogical use of assessment in the classroom with their widely read papers “Assessment and classroom learning (1998)” and “Cl...

Language Education  E-Learning and Knowledge Management  Technology  Distance and Open Education  Teaching and Learning Technologies  Educational Reform  Educational Technology  Higher Education 

Increasing measurable student achievement is a primary goal for K-12 institutions worldwide. To this end, Instructional Leaders must be knowledgeable concerning instructional best practices, technology, and current research in education. This paper examines professional development for Instructional Leaders utilizing an accomplished teaching model that employs National Board for Professional Teaching Standards resources as the basis for instruction. Within the context of this paper, Instructiona...

Education Administration  Information Science  E-Learning and Knowledge Management  Teacher Education  Technology  Distance and Open Education  Teaching and Learning Technologies  Educational Technology  Higher Education 

Education is a human right and its benefits have made it to be among human basic needs. As tertiary education is concerned, several studies have indicated the need for personal development, career enhancement, career switching, need to meet environmental conditions as the leading factors in influencing a considerable number of people to join higher learning institutions (HLIs). Recent reports on Rwanda higher education have shown a lot of changes in administration and students’ participation rat...

Education Administration  Teaching and Learning Technologies  Educational Technology 

On the basis of the existing traditional liberal arts, the new liberal arts reorganizes the subject curriculum, integrates modern information technology into philosophy, literature, linguistics, management and other courses, provides comprehensive interdisciplinary teaching for students, expands knowledge and innovates the way of thinking. Based on the background of new liberal arts, this paper focuses on the increasingly important trend of the application of virtual simulation experimental teac...

Teaching and Learning Technologies  Higher Education 

This paper explored the benefits of web-based information literacy programs for Open and Distance Education at tertiary institutions in Ghana. The purpose was to showcase the importance of developing a web-based information literacy program (WBILIP) for teaching and learning among distance education students and promoting Open and Distance Education at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS). This required a holistic perspective for in-depth findings, hence a qualitative method was a...

Educational Psychology  Education Administration  E-Learning and Knowledge Management  Distance and Open Education  Teaching and Learning Technologies  Educational Technology 

The current short report aims to share findings that have been revealed in a study which examined the effect of Storytelling frequency at home on the level of phonological awareness and empathy among 30 kindergarten children aged 4 - 6 years diagnosed with autism. Results were based on a quantitative methodology using two questionnaires that were given to the kindergarten teacher and to the parents. The findings have shown a significant correlation between the frequency of reading stories at hom...

Educational Psychology  Teaching and Learning Technologies