Examining My Assessment Literacy Instruction Practices with Teacher Candidates

Teacher Perspectives on Whole-Task Information Literacy Instruction

• Brand-Gruwel, S., & Wopereis, I. (2006). Integration of the information problem-solving skill in an educational programme: The effects of learning with authentic tasks. Technology, Instruction, Cognition, and Learning, 4, 243-263. • Frerejean, J., Van Strien, J. L. H., Kirschner, P. A., & Brand-Gruwel, S. (2016). Completion strategy or emphasis manipulation? Task support for teaching informat...

Teacher Perceptions of Inquiry-Based Instruction vs. Teacher-Based Instruction

This applied research was designed to analyze the effectiveness of inquiry-based instruction as compared to teacher-directed instruction in 5th-grade mathematics and science courses at the subject school. The subject school modified mathematics and science curriculum for 3 years and became an Alabama Math, Science, and Technology (AMSTI) [2009] school. AMSTI provided extensive professional deve...

My Online Teacher 2.0

This paper describes a new design of MOT, My Online Teacher, an authoring system for adaptive delivery of content, called MOT 2.0. The new design focuses on collaborative authoring and social annotation between communities of authors, as well as applying adaptivity based on users’ activities. The MOT 2.0 observes authors’ interaction patterns and suggests recommended/related materials and can r...

Examining University Students' Scholarly Publication in English Journals: A Case for Postgraduate Students' Written Literacy Practices

This  research  aimed  to  screen  'essay  writing'  difficulties  that  non-native  university students  at  postgraduate  levels  usually  experience  regarding  scholarly  publication  in mainstream, English journals. Two sets of variables including written literacy competencies in Persian and English languages were mapped over language uses (General vs. Academic). Initial screenings  from  ...

Assessment of library instruction to develop student information literacy skills.