The nature of teachers' qualitative judgements: A matter of context and salience Part One: 'in-context' judgements.
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Wyatt-Smith, Claire
Castleton, Geraldine
Freebody, Peter
Cooksey, Ray
Year published
2003
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This paper and the one that follows report on how two teachers make judgements of primary students' writing. The evidence base used by the teachers in their judgements is analysed using qualitative techniques for mapping the inter-relationships among the various facets of students' performance, behaviours and attitudes. This approach makes it possible to examine and directly gauge the impact of evaluative frameworks that constitute the official, publicly available account of assessment as well as the contribution of otherwise implicit but nonetheless significant determinants of teachers' judgements as having local, point-in-time ...
View more >This paper and the one that follows report on how two teachers make judgements of primary students' writing. The evidence base used by the teachers in their judgements is analysed using qualitative techniques for mapping the inter-relationships among the various facets of students' performance, behaviours and attitudes. This approach makes it possible to examine and directly gauge the impact of evaluative frameworks that constitute the official, publicly available account of assessment as well as the contribution of otherwise implicit but nonetheless significant determinants of teachers' judgements as having local, point-in-time relevance for teaching and learning.
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View more >This paper and the one that follows report on how two teachers make judgements of primary students' writing. The evidence base used by the teachers in their judgements is analysed using qualitative techniques for mapping the inter-relationships among the various facets of students' performance, behaviours and attitudes. This approach makes it possible to examine and directly gauge the impact of evaluative frameworks that constitute the official, publicly available account of assessment as well as the contribution of otherwise implicit but nonetheless significant determinants of teachers' judgements as having local, point-in-time relevance for teaching and learning.
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Journal Title
Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
Volume
26
Issue
2
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© 2003 Australian Literacy Educators' Association. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Use hypertext link to access the publisher's website.
Subject
Education Systems
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Specialist Studies in Education