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"Noticing Noticing: How Does Investigation of Video Records Change How Teachers Reflect on their Experiences?" – Annotation

Rosaen, Lundeberg Cooper, Fritzen, Terpstra. “Noticing Noticing: How Does Investigation of Video Records Change How Teachers Reflect on their Experiences?” Journal of Teacher Education. 59 (2008): 347-360. Scholars from Michigan State University found that video reflection results in an in-depth focus on students over teachers as compared to memory reflection which tends to skew toward […]

2014 Graduate Research Symposium

2014 Graduate Research Symposium

In the 2014 spring semester, BSU held a Graduate Research Symposium on a range of topics corresponding to Education studies. It culminated with a keynote speech from Dr. Yong Zhao. Zhao is the Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education at the University of Oregon. He is an internationally known scholar focusing on […]

How much does a video weigh?

Michael Stevens is an educator- but when he answers questions, 3.2 million people tune in to hear the answer. That’s because Stevens is the creator and host of Vsauce, an educational YouTube channel that addresses quirky but intriguing topics like “The Science of the Friend Zone” and “What is Deja Vu?” Stevens has made a […]

Yong Zhao to speak at Ball State on April 21

Join with other educators to explore these interconnected topics in a day-long series of seminars and a keynote address by the 2014 Emens Distinguished Professor, Dr. Yong Zhao. Dr. Zhao is the Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education at the University of Oregon. He is an internationally known scholar focusing on globalization […]

Sea change in assessment: How technology is transforming k-12 testing

“The revolution now under way in student assessment will have profound consequences for schools, teachers, and every public school parent in the nation” (ETS, 2012, pg. 5). According this publication by ETS, the most profound changes in the future of effective assessment exist in the realm of technology. “The benefits of using technology in assessments […]

Assessment: Measure what matters

In regards to assessment, one goal of the U.S. Department of Education is that “Our education system at all levels will leverage the power of technology to measure what matters and use assessment data for continuous improvement” (ED.gov, 2010). According to the U.S. DOE website, schools must collect and aggregate student-learning data via processes that […]

Use of education data at the local level: From accountability to instructional improvement

According to this report, “The use of student data systems to improve education and help students succeed is a national priority” (Means et al., 2010, pg. ix). The report presents data from a national district survey combined with site visits conducted during 2007-08, examining the level of implementation of data-driven decision making at the local […]

Measuring teachers' knowledge & application of classroom assessment: Development of the assessment literacy inventory

This study conducted by Mertler & Campbell (2005) intended to develop an instrument that could accurately measure educators’ assessment literacy. The Assessment Literacy Inventory, or ALI, was then examined in order to assess the reliability, and other psychometric qualities of the instrument. The citation for this resource is provided below.   Mertler, C., & Campbell, […]