The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine how kindergarten teachers teach writing and their beliefs about instruction using survey methodology. Participants in included 78 the United States. Results revealed that most used a balanced approach instruction, combining instructional procedures from two common methods for teaching writing: skills process writing. majority devoted consider...

Classroom assessment practices play a pivotal role in ensuring effective learning and teaching. One of the most desired attributes teachers is ability to gather analyze data make trustworthy decisions leading supporting student learning. However, this often underdeveloped for variety reasons, including reports that are overwhelmed by complex process analysis decision-making there insufficient a...

In Chapter One, I observed that one of the effects of technical rationality on research on teaching has been the tendency to focus almost exclusively on what the teacher does in class, rather than on what students also do to influence classroom practices. Students, it appears, do not matter really in classroom processes and curriculum implementation. This thinking suggests that their behaviour ...

In our pursuit to broaden and deepen understandings of what it means engage in an assessment activity, we explored the designing implementing a geometry performance task as instantiation authentic assess elementary school students’ mathematics learning. Using participatory action research, incorporated end-of-unit with grade 4/5 students. We found that authenticity within are calling generative...