Special issue on summative assessment

Research on Classroom Summative Assessment

A ssessment is unquestionably one of the teacher’s most complex and important tasks. What teachers assess and how and why they assess it sends a clear message to students about what is worth learning, how it should be learned, and how well they are expected to learn it. As a result of increased influences from external high stakes tests, teachers are increasingly working to align their CAs with...

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Compliments for special issue on critical issues in functional assessment.

The March 1993 issue of the Amen'can journal of Occupational Therapy (AjOT) , Volume 47, Number 3, is the first issue of which I have read and devoured every article. I have received every issue since 1959. I am a therapist in private practice and involved exclusively in evaluation of residual functional capacity of persons who have completed their rehabilitation. Within a 3-to-4-hr time span, ...

Special Issue on Sustainability Assessment: Developing ‘Green Thinking’ Towards Sustainability

During the last two decades academic and political discussions about the potential of environmental innovations to meet grand challenges have increased. With the topic's greater popularity, the discussion has become more substantial and dedicated to the elements of environmental innovations. During the 1990s one could understand environmental innovation as a new buzzword frequently referenced b...

Special issue on Image and Video Quality Assessment

Quality assessment and control of images and videos from the input (capture device) to the final output (display and its environment) presented to the human viewer is essential for image/video applications and services. PSNR and other related measures have long been the most popular quality criteria used by engineers and researchers to evaluate and optimize the performances of digital image and...