Quite often the product of design is assessed in interaction design education, but we need to develop criteria also for courses that focus on learning to conduct and manage the design process. An earlier approach to set grading criteria has been grounded in the SOLO (Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome) taxonomy. Students need, however, to learn practitioners’ criteria, rather than teach...

Perceptions of the nature and role of mathematics held by our society have a major influence on the development of school mathematics curriculum, instruction, and research. The understanding of different conceptions of mathematics is as important to the development and successful implementation of programs in school mathematics as it is to the conduct and interpretation of research studies. The...

Some engravings are meant to be adored and some possibly abhorred. Teacher cognition, as a meant-to-be-praised engraving, is defined by Borg (2003, p. 81) as “the unobservable cognitive dimension of teaching what teachers know, believe, and think.” This concept in teaching has recently gained momentum meaning that teachers learn so much about their teaching through the vast experience they have...

Maskiewicz and Lineback (2013) have written a provocative essay about how the term misconceptions is used in biology education and the learning sciences in general. Their historical perspective highlights the logic and utility of the constructivist theory of learning. They emphasize that students’ preliminary ideas are resources to be built upon, not errors to be eradicated. Furthermore, Maskie...

Teaching and learning about a big idea, “the structure of an atom” has been an important topic in science education. Nevertheless of the importance of the big idea, studies show student alternative conceptions and learning difficulties. Moreover, those alternative conceptions had been identified in textbooks, curriculum materials, and instructions provided by science teachers. In a study of stu...

Scientists and laypeople agree on high ability as a defining feature of giftedness. Yet their views on gifted people's socioemotional characteristics diverge. Most studies find the gifted to be similar or slightly superior to average-ability persons in these domains ("harmony hypothesis"). However, subjective conceptions and media representations, most of which have focused on gifted children a...

Students’ and teachers’ conceptions of assessment are important because they guide how assessments implemented in the classroom determine students study. This multiple-case design study examined 1) teachers view assessment, 2) assess their students’ learning, 3) similarities disparities that occur when practices compared. Data were obtained from five third grade classes, involving a total 82 st...

Teacher education programs across the globe include a practicum as required part of their curriculum. The is also viewed gateway between theoretical and practical aspects teaching, enabling prospective teachers to acquire specific skills approaches they will need in classroom. Teaching provides pre-service EFL with opportunity put assessment knowledge into practice. During teaching practicum, m...