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Conceptions of assessment in higher education: an exploratory study of portugue...
Fernandes, Eva Lopes; Flores, Maria Assunção; Brown, Gavin T. L.; Coutinho, Clara PereiraUnder the Bologna process, it is important that educators understand and use assessment for formative purposes as well as traditional summative purposes. This small-scale exploratory study tested the Teachers Conceptions of Assessment (TCoA) inventory in the Portuguese higher education context. A convenience sample of Portuguese academic faculty (n=185) from five public universities and across multiple scientif...
Portuguese university students' conceptions of assessment: taking responsibilit...
Flores, Maria Assunção; Brown, Gavin; Pereira, Diana; Coutinho, Clara Pereira; Santos, Patricia; Pinheiro, ClaudiaAfter 20 years of the Bologna Declaration, Portuguese universities claim to be implementing student-centred and involved assessment practices. Student conceptions of assessment matter when innovations and reforms in assessment practices are being implemented. This study is part of a larger research project entitled "Assessment in higher education: the potential of alternative methods" funded by the Portuguese F...
Heuristics and usability of a video assessment evaluation tool for teachers
Cruz, Sara; Lencastre, José Alberto; Coutinho, Clara PereiraThe article presents the design and development of an organized multimedia Web tool to help teachers evaluate videos produced by students according to the JuxtaLearn learning process. We use a development research methodology, fulfilling the following phases of the protocol: (1) preliminary investigation, (2) theoretical embedding, (3) empirical testing and (4) documentation, analysis and reflection on process ...
The VideoM@T Project: Engaging Students on Learning Tricky Topics in Mathematic...
Cruz, Sara Maria Alves; Lencastre, José Alberto; Coutinho, Clara PereiraThis article presents the VideoM@t project, designed to enhance students' understanding of mathematical concepts through creative video editing. VideoM@t was founded on the JuxtaLearn process, an eight-stage pedagogical framework that uses an online platform to assist the students in planning, editing, and sharing knowledge about threshold concepts in a flipped classroom model. The project involved 52 students ...
JuxtaLearn taxonomy: a tool to help teachers to identify and understand the cau...
Cruz, Sara; Lencastre, José Alberto; Coutinho, Clara PereiraThreshold concepts are key concepts, often troublesome and complex, that are vital to understanding a subject. Once understood, threshold concepts have been described as akin to a portal, opening up new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about the subject. This paper presents an exploratory study that explored the use of a digital tool entitled „Juxta Learn taxonomy‟. This tool was designed to support ...
The VideoM@t project: Engaging students on learning tricky topics in mathematic...
Cruz, Sara; Lencastre, José Alberto; Coutinho, Clara PereiraVideoM@ is the title of a communication presented at CSEDU 2018. VideoM@t is a project that focuses on helping students understanding threshold concepts in mathematics with the help of technological tools and collaborative high-level reflections.
A influência das teorias cognitivas na investigação em Tecnologia Educativa. Pr...
Coutinho, Clara PereiraNeste artigo sistematiza-se um importante corpo de investigação desenvolvido em torno do potencial educativo das tecnologias da informação e comunicação, num período temporal que abarcou mais de duas décadas, e em que o denominador comum foi o facto da pesquisa realizada ter sido norteada pelos referenciais teóricos das Teorias Cognitivas. Nesse sentido, começaremos por apresentar os pressupostos teóricos do co...
The Problem Distiller Tool: supporting teachers in uncovering why their student...
Cruz, Sara Maria Alves; Lencastre, José Alberto; Coutinho, Clara Pereira; Clough, Gill; Adams, AnneThis study explored the use of a web-based tool entitled ‘Problem Distiller’ designed to support teachers in uncovering why their students have problems understanding Threshold Concepts. Data collected involved interviews with two math teachers, invited to experiment the Problem Distiller tool and Think Aloud protocol. Content analysis was used to process and analyse the collected data.. Findings show that teac...
Online Peer Assessment no ensino superior: uma revisão sistemática da literatur...
Rosa, Selma dos Santos; Coutinho, Clara Pereira; Flores, Maria AssunçãoNeste artigo procedemos a uma revisão sistemática da literatura sobre Online Peer Assessment (OPA) no Ensino Superior, mediadas por Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação (TIC). Identificamos suas características, centrais e opcionais e mapeamos exemplos práticos (procedimentos e TIC) de OPA que poderão ser transversais, adaptáveis e aplicáveis em diversas unidades curriculares e regimes educacionais....
Implementing flipped classroom in blended learning environments: a proposal bas...
Andrade, Mariel; Coutinho, Clara PereiraFlipped Classroom is an issue that gains increased attention in Blended Learning models. Generally, in the traditional classroom, the teacher uses the time in the classroom to explain the theoretical and conceptual body content and leaves the practices and exercises as extracurricular activities. In the Flipped Classroom, students study at home the theoretical component of the course and the classroom time is d...