Broadening Conceptions of What Constitutes Knowledge and Evidence in SoTL

What constitutes evidence in HIV/AIDS education?

It is clear that many sources of evidence have contributed to our grasp of what does and does not work in HIV/AIDS education. Despite this, there has recently been a distinct move to narrow the evidence of success in this field to experimental and comparative work, with randomized controlled trials positioned as the 'gold standard'. Here we take up the question of what constitutes evidence in H...

assessment of deep word knowledge in elementary and advanced iranian efl learners: a comparison of selective and productive wat tasks

testing plays a vital role in any language teaching program. it allows teachers and stakeholders, including program administrators, parents, admissions officers and prospective employers to be assured that the learners are progressing according to an accepted standard (douglas, 2010). the problems currently facing language testers have both practical and theoretical implications but the first i...

Inuit Traditional Knowledge and the Politics of Adaptation: Broadening Conceptions of Agency in Climate Change Governance

'Traditional knowledge' (TK) has become an important resource for involving people on the ground in research programs and for designing locally appropriate policies. This paper examines the idea of traditional knowledge as it is used in the context of debates and initiatives on Inuit adaptation to climate change. Many of the arguments for the participation of indigenous peoples in governance pr...

What Constitutes Evidence of Complex Reasoning in Science?

The U.S. priority on testing and accountability challenges school administrators to adopt, adapt or develop assessment systems that provide concrete evidence in particular subject matter areas such as science. Curricular programs emphasizing constructivist learning approaches and complex reasoning such as scientific inquiry are often not well matched to the assessment instruments used to evalua...

Biodiversity , Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation : What constitutes good evidence ?