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Balancing curriculum intent with expected student responses to designerly tasks.
(Design and Technology Education: An International Journal., 2018-02)
Design activities form an extensive part of design and technology education with a link being
posited within the pertinent literature between the cognitive activity of learning and the
cognitive activity of design. It ...
A heuristic framework of spatial ability: a review and synthesis of spatial factor literature to support its translation into STEM education.
(Springer, 2018)
An abundance of empirical evidence exists identifying a significant correlation
between spatial ability and educational performance particularly in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM). Despite this ...
Integrating learners into the assessment process using adaptive comparative judgement with an ipsative approach of identifying competence based gains relative to student ability levels.
(Springer, 2018)
Educational assessment has profound effects on the nature and depth of learning that students
engage in. Typically there are two core types discussed within the pertinent literature;
criterion and norm referenced assessment. ...
Outcome analyses of educational interventions: a case study of the Swedish “Boost of Technology” intervention.
(Springer, 2018)
In Sweden, there have been multiple large scale interventions to support compulsory school
teachers generally and within specific subjects. Due to the costs associated with such interventions it is critical that interim ...
Heuristics and CAD modelling: an examination of student behaviour during problem solving episodes within CAD modelling activities.
(Springer, 2018)
Design activities typically involve and culminate in the creation of models
representative of new ideas and conceptions. The format is often dictated by the specific
discipline, with ideas in design and technology education ...