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Adaptive comparative judgement: a mechanism to enrich and enhance assessment practices to support teaching and learning.
(2017)
One of the most fundamental and challenging aspects of pedagogical practices is assessment
of student learning. Assessment mechanisms are adopted in response to a variety of agendas,
such as providing a summative ‘grade’ ...
An exploration into the criteria used in assessing design activities with adaptive comparative judgment in technology education.
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-08)
The use of design assignments for teaching, learning, and assessment is considered a signature of technology education. However, there are difficulties in the valid and reliable assessment of features of quality within ...
PATT36 International Conference
(Technology Education Research Group/Athlone Institute of Technology, 2018)
The 2018 conference theme, ‘Research and Practice in Technology Education: Perspectives on Human
Capacity and Development’ continues to maintain our focus on practice and ultimately enhancing the
quality and experience ...
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. ...
An exploratory analysis into the relationships between spatial factors, domain-free general capacities and general fluid intelligence.
(ASEE, 2017)
The inception of psychometric research concerning individual differences in cognition was grounded in explaining and enhancing performance in education (Spearman, 1904). This work established the construct of a single ...
A comparison of Swedish and Irish secondary students' conceptions of engineers and engineering using the draw-an-engineer test
(ASEE, 2019-06)
Women are significantly underrepresented in engineering and engineering related disciplines. One area where this is clearly illustrated is in the percentage of females enrolled in higher education engineering courses. The ...
The importance of supporting technological knowledge in post-primary education: a cohort study.
(Routledge, 2019)
ABSTRACT
Background: Substantial research highlights the differences between
scientific and technological knowledge. Considering that learning is
heavily focused on the acquisition of knowledge, it is important to
examine ...
Identifying, developing and grading 'soft skills' in higher education: a technological approach.
(HEIT, 2016-11)
Identifying, developing and grading soft skills, i.e., transversal cross-curricular competencies,
in higher education requires the recognition of key qualities, the capacity to discriminate
between these qualities and a ...
Agendas, influences, and capability: perspectives on practice in design and technology education.
(Springer, 2019)
A philosophical shift in policy now situates the development of technological
capability as the focus of Irish technology education. Internationally, the effectiveness of
curricular reform in the discipline has previously ...
Epistemological treatment of design in technology education
(Springer, 2022-10-18)
Design as a construct has multiple meanings depending on context, function, and agenda. This paper proposes to set out functions of design as it manifests in the context of technological activity for the purposes of ...