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Lois Whipple

CIES - 0 views

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    The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) is a scholarly association dedicated to increasing the understanding of educational issues, trends and policies through comparative, cross-cultural and international perspectives.
Alicia Koster

http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/PISA-2012-results-US.pdf - 0 views

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    he Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an ongoing triennial survey that assesses the extent to which 15-year-olds students near the end of compulsory education have acquired key knowledge and skills that are essential for full participation in modern societies. The assessment does not just ascertain whether students can reproduce knowledge; it also examines how well students can extrapolate from what they have learned and apply that knowledge in unfamiliar settings, both in and outside of school. This approach reflects the fact that modern economies reward individuals not for what they know, but for what they can do with what they know. PISA offers insights for education policy and practice, and helps monitor trends in students' acquisition of knowledge and skills across countries and in different demographic subgroups within each country. The findings allow policy makers around the world to gauge the knowledge and skills of students in their
meredith fox

The Impact of Teacher Feedback and Peer Feedback on the Writing Performance of EFL Stud... - 1 views

  •   Abstracts of 4 th International Online Language Conference (IOLC 2011)IOLC 2011 Abstract Collection ……………………………………………………………… 53 The Impact of Teacher Feedback and Peer Feedback on the Writing Performance of EFLStudents with Different Learning Sty
Alicia Koster

An Edcamp at the U.S. Department of Education? - Finding Common Ground - Education Week - 0 views

  • You may be skeptical of edcamps, but you shouldn't be. They are much more engaging, and widely held than you may think. According to Kristen Swanson, Senior Educational Research Leader at BrightBytes, and co-founder of the Edcamp Movement, "Edcamps are more than just an idea or theory; they're an international movement. The model has been replicated in 41 states and dozens of countries worldwide. Over 25,000 educators have participated in a regional Edcamp event, and many more have participated in an Edcamp-style event at their school."   Considering how grassroots edcamps are, it's going to be interesting to what happens, when the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) holds their edcamp in June.
Barbara Powers

World Bank Group - 0 views

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    'ELMP 7774'  Working for a world free of poverty
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