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Teachers' conceptions of assessment: implications for policy and professional development
- Gavin T. L. Brown
- Psychology
- 1 November 2004
Teachers' conceptions of assessment can be understood in terms of their agreement or disagreement with four purposes to which assessment may be put, specifically, (a) improvement of teaching and… Expand
Conceptions of Assessment: Understanding What Assessment Means to Teachers and Students
- Gavin T. L. Brown
- Sociology
- 8 January 2013
Preface Introduction to Conceptions Conceptions of Assessment Related Conceptions in Education Contexts of Research: Education in New Zealand and Queensland Research Methods For Investigating… Expand
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Teacher Assessment Literacy in Practice: A Reconceptualization
- Y. Xu, Gavin T. L. Brown
- Sociology
- 1 August 2016
Abstract This paper aims to reconceptualize teacher assessment literacy (AL) by connecting two fields of research: educational assessment and teacher education. It begins with a scoping review of AL… Expand
Measuring Attitude with Positively Packed Self-Report Ratings: Comparison of Agreement and Frequency Scales
- Gavin T. L. Brown
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological reports
- 1 June 2004
Self-report rating scales with balanced response formats, anchored with vague frequency of activity indicators, often elicit inadequate information, especially when respondents are inclined toward a… Expand
Mixing interview and questionnaire methods: Practical problems in aligning data
- L. Harris, Gavin T. L. Brown
- Psychology
- 2010
Structured questionnaires and semi-structured interviews are often used in mixed method studies to generate confirmatory results despite differences in methods of data collection, analysis, and… Expand
Teachers' Conceptions of Assessment: Validation of an Abridged Version
- Gavin T. L. Brown
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological reports
- 1 August 2006
Psychometric characteristics of the abridged Teachers' Conceptions of Assessment-III are reported. Data are from a study of 525 New Zealand primary school teachers and from a second study of 692… Expand
Accuracy in the scoring of writing: Studies of reliability and validity using a New Zealand writing assessment system
- Gavin T. L. Brown, Kathryn Glasswell, Don Harland
- Psychology
- 2004
Abstract Accuracy in the scoring of writing is critical if standardized tasks are to be used in a national assessment scheme. Three approaches to establishing accuracy (i.e., consensus, consistency,… Expand
Self-regulation of assessment beliefs and attitudes: a review of the Students’ Conceptions of Assessment inventory
- Gavin T. L. Brown
- Psychology
- 23 August 2011
How students understand, feel about and respond to assessment might contribute significantly to learning behaviour and academic achievement. This paper reviews studies that have used a relatively new… Expand
Opportunities and obstacles to consider when using peer- and self-assessment to improve student learning: Case studies into teachers' implementation
- L. Harris, Gavin T. L. Brown
- Psychology
- 1 November 2013
Abstract Peer- and self-assessment (PASA) are student-led assessment practices with the potential to positively affect achievement. Case studies of three New Zealand classrooms were examined to… Expand