Pratham Scholarship Program In most states, the Std IV/V examination is a milestone as it is the first time that elementary school children are examined formally. However, as revealed by ASER results, many of these children are still struggling with elementary reading and arithmetic and therefore require additional support. The government of Maharashtra conducts a centralized merit exam for children in Stds IV and VII which test their aptitude in language, math and analytical skills.This exam has been made mandatory for all Std IV and VII students since 2005. Today, the program is running in several cities of Maharashtra and in Delhi.
About the DO School The DO School offers training, mentoring, and education for outstanding emerging social entrepreneurs to kickstart their own ventures all around the world. We offer a unique one-year educational program that enables talented young adults to launch their own innovative and sustainable social ventures. The program allows our Fellows to learn from passionate peers, engage with current leaders and experts, and create change by implementing their social ventures in their home countries. We have created a one-of-a-kind platform where experienced individuals can share their knowledge in a fun and effective way, helping to inspire positive change through teaching. The DO School is a place where innovative ideas are born and then implemented through the application of the DO School method, an idea-focused, results-driven, hands-on curriculum. In addition to our educational program, we have established the DO School Innovation Lab. We believe that
How the School of the Future Got It Right This New York City, 6-12 school measures student ability through formative assessments, presentations, exhibitions, and tests. Their special sauce? A rigorous focus on measuring "authentic" tasks tied to real world challenges. Rising eleven stories above midtown Manhattan, School of the Future (above) boasts a rooftop with a weather station and a green house -- and a dedicated core of teachers (top and above right) who are making learning relevant and assessment a rigorous part of the process. Credit: Tom LeGoff The School of the Future (SOF) is a grades 6-12 public school in New York City's bustling Gramercy Park neighborhood. What makes this school different is this: SOF measures the full range of student ability through formative assessments, presentations, exhibitions, and tests that focus on authentic tasks to assess students' skills and knowledge as they relate to real-world endeavors. Like all schools, SOF faces its own peculiar challenges. Authentic Assessment Planning
Selecting Assessment Methods Determine the optimum mixture of assessment tasks At the course level, an assessment plan that comprises several different components or tasks will increase the likelihood that students experience at least one task type that suits their preferred learning style. As a guide to planning for the optimum mixture of assessment tasks, consider a range of dimensions. Figure 1 sets out some dimensions of assessment tasks, with examples of the kinds of characteristics that can distinguish different assessment tasks. These prompts may be useful when you are thinking about the parameters of individual assessment tasks, and how they will combine into a well-integrated and coherent assessment plan. Figure 1: Some dimensions of assessment tasks Broad assessment task activity Think of assessment tasks in terms of the main overall activity through which students demonstrate their learning. Figure 2: Broad assessment activity types A single assessment task can combine several activity types. "Doing" tasks
Problem of gender differences on physics assessments remains unsolved In a new synthesis of past work, researchers found that women consistently score lower than men on common assessments of conceptual understanding of physics. However, when examining the factors that may account for these differences (such as student background and test-taking strategies), no clear pattern emerged. Thus, despite previous claims that the causes of this gender gap have been pinpointed, the problem remains unsolved and poorly understood. This has critical importance for science education reform. Many changes have been made in college science instruction in the past decades. "These tests have been very important in the history of physics education reform," said Dr. But several studies had also reported that women's scores on these tests are typically lower than men's. The authors combined results from 26 previous studies of several common physics concept inventories, covering 12 different institutions.
Creating a quasi-market in higher education in Australia The introduction of the demand-driven system for undergraduate places in 2012 saw the differences between the government regulated world of public universities and the market-driven world of international and postgraduate education diminish. With the federal budget that difference has almost disappeared. In the demand-driven system, domestic students wanting to attend university can choose which university and which program they wish to take, subject to meeting the entry criteria. The government will now extend this open access to diploma and associate degree places. Access to government funding for these undergraduate and sub-degree places will be extended to non-university higher education providers both public and private. As a result, Australia’s public universities will now operate in what can be described as a quasi-market, rather than as public universities funded by federal government. Student subsidies invest in more than just students Government funding and deregulation of fees
Assessment Advice & Forms for Teachers Highlights November Calendar of Events November is full of events that you can incorporate into your standard curriculum! Our Educators' Calendar outlines activities for each event, including: Geography Awareness Week (11/13-19), Transgender Awareness Week (11/14-20), America Recycles Day (11/15), Thanksgiving (11/24), and Buy Nothing Day (11/25). Bullying Prevention Resources Bullying can cause both physical and emotional harm. Conflict Resolution Teach your students to how resolve conflict amongst themselves without resorting to name-calling, fights, and tattling. Immigration Resources Studying immigration brings to light the many interesting and diverse cultures in the world. Thanksgiving Happy Thanksgiving!
E-Guide: E-Tutoring: Designing and supporting online learning Introduction E-tutoring can be defined as teaching, support, management and assessment of students on programmes of study that involve a significant use of online technologies (TechLearn, 2000). Thus, at first glance, e-tutoring is only different to tutoring in terms of the involvement of technology. Herein, however, are contained vital differences in terms of time, distance and the specific technologies adopted, and these all have implications for teaching staff. This guidance note is aimed at teaching staff involved in designing and delivering online learning. Strategies for teaching online There has been a considerable amount of interest and investment in the development of online learning (e-learning) by the higher education funding councils and individual universities, as well as by commercial organisations. Online learning raises important and interconnected issue for students, course developers, lecturers and senior managers. Considerations Planning and management Support at Warwick
For Teachers Institutional Best Practices An institution’s adherence to AIRC’s institutional guidelines signifies its commitment to engaging in marketing, recruitment and student support practices that are truthful, ethical and transparent and which meet with the highest levels of professionalism. Furthermore, it signifies an institution’s commitment to operating in accordance with NAFSA’s Principles of Good Practice for the Recruitment and Admissions of International Students. Guideline 1: Commitment to Proper Student Support Services AIRC Institutional and Pathway Members understand the international student experience, recognize the importance of respecting the needs of their students, and commit to the provision of supporting programs and services conducive to the enrollment, persistence and success of international students on their campuses. Purpose: Guideline 2: Accuracy in Marketing Information Purpose: Guideline 3: Transparent Student Recruitment Practices Guideline 4: Engaged and Strategic Agent Management NAFSA.
Scoring rubrics: what, when and how?. Moskal, Barbara M. Barbara M. MoskalAssociate Director of the Center for Engineering Education Assistant Professor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences Colorado School of Mines Scoring rubrics have become a common method for evaluating student work in both the K-12 and the college classrooms. The purpose of this paper is to describe the different types of scoring rubrics, explain why scoring rubrics are useful and provide a process for developing scoring rubrics. This paper concludes with a description of resources that contain examples of the different types of scoring rubrics and further guidance in the development process. What is a scoring rubric? Scoring rubrics are descriptive scoring schemes that are developed by teachers or other evaluators to guide the analysis of the products or processes of students' efforts (Brookhart, 1999). Figure 1. When are scoring rubrics an appropriate evaluation technique? Writing samples are just one example of performances that may be evaluated using scoring rubrics.
26 Teacher Tools To Create Online Assessments You teach, which means you need to know what students do and don’t understand. Which means you need to assess. You teach in the 21st century, which means you use the internet and digital tools to plan, share, and curate learning. This means online assessments could be a boon to your teaching, whether for blended learning, a flipped classroom, eLearning, to better communicate learning progress to parents, or for students to track their own mastery. So then one or two of the 26 teacher tools to create online assessments by Classroomaid Chuang may prove useful to you, yes?
Bhutan: Children Learn To Grow Nutritious Food At School Karma, a student at the Yurung school in southern Bhutan, holds a freshly harvested pumpkin from the school’s garden. Copyright: WFP/Angeli Mendoza Cabbage, chilli, peanuts, cauliflower, spinach, carrots...the garden of the lower secondary school in Yurung, Bhutan, probably has more fresh vegetables than your average neighbourhood market. Everything in the garden was grown by the children, who then eat their produce alongside the food provided by WFP and the government. In this way, WFP is supporting the community as it learns to produce more nutritious food for itself. PEMAGATSHEL -- Karma Yangzom speaks shyly when she is with me but in the school garden she moves with ease and confidence among her peers. “The vegetables here are organic and fresh, I can eat them confidently without worrying if there are any harmful chemicals,” she says, indicating the extensive vegetable garden at the Lower Secondary School in Yurung, south-eastern Bhutan. I nod encouragingly. Nurturing The Community
Best Practice & Innovation - International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) Distinguished Contribution | Leadership | Best Practice | Professional Commentary | Postgraduate Thesis Best Practice / Innovation in International Education 2014 These awards recognise the work of an individual or team that has contributed to international education through a groundbreaking development in international development, internationalisation of the curriculum, marketing or communication, support programs for international students, pathway initiatives, mobility programs or social inclusion activities. This year's awardees are: The recipient's of this year's awards will present on their respective projects at the Australian International Education Conference (AIEC) in Brisbane: Date: Wednesday 8 October 2014 Time: 3.30pm–4.25pm Location: M1, Mezzanine Level Picture Yourself in Perth, Chengdu Competition – StudyPerth Mike Ryan, StudyPerth Leo Yu, StudyPerth Jessie Ying, StudyPerth The competition aims to: Back to Top Asia is home to some of the largest multinational hi-tech players.