Screen LibraryOpportunity to Learn, Curriculum Alignment and Test Preparation : A Research Review /
This book provides a review of the effectiveness of Opportunity to Learn (OTL) operationalized as the association between OTL and student achievement. In addition, it presents an elaborate conceptual map in which OTL is regarded as part of a larger concept of curriculum alignment. Major components o...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerBriefs in Education,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43110-9 |
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This book provides a review of the effectiveness of Opportunity to Learn (OTL) operationalized as the association between OTL and student achievement. In addition, it presents an elaborate conceptual map in which OTL is regarded as part of a larger concept of curriculum alignment. Major components of this framework are national goals and standards, school curricula, formative tests, textbooks, actual delivery of content as part of teaching, and summative tests and examinations. Alignment between educational goals, intended and implemented curricula, and educational outcomes is considered an |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(ix,135pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319431109 |
| Index Number: | LC5225 |
| CLC: | G72 |
| Contents: | 1: Focus and Design of the Review Study -- 2: Conceptualization -- 3: Meta-analyses and Descriptions of Illustrative Studies -- 4: Schematic Overview of Research Studies -- 5: Predictive Power of OTL Measures in TIMSS and PISA -- 6: Recapitalization, Implications for Educational Policy and Practice and Future Research. |