LibGuides: EDU 517: Educational Assessment: Learners, Programs, and Institutions: Resources at Ikeda Library

Databases for Education and Assessment at Ikeda Library

These educational databases have a lot a great material and will be useful for your course assignments. PsycTESTS is a good database for finding assessment instruments, and the other databases might have articles that will help you write the instrument assessment essay. You are also very likely to find appropriate articles for your article review assignment in one of these databases.

Education Policy and Data Center
EPDC serves as a resource for education policy makers and the development community, providing a wealth of education data at national and subnational levels, dynamic data visualization, ready-made resources such as country education profiles, and in-depth research on issues and challenges facing education in developing countries.
ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC is an online digital library of education research and information. It provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.

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This database provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals. Assessment, Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, School Administration, and Teacher Education are some of the subjects covered.

Periodicals on Educational Assessment at Ikeda Library

Online Resources at Ikeda Library

There are a number of LibGuides on the Ikeda Library website that will be helpful to you as you complete your EDU 517 assignments. Below you will find a link to each LibGuide and a brief description of the resource.

Facilitating Discussions
This page describes how to think through structuring a discussion based on the intended audience. These techniques, and the links to external sites, will help you facilitate discussions for adult audiences and break down materials for K-12 students as well.
Citations: APA
All assignments for this class, and most of your other classes, require APA formatting. This page has examples and other resources you can consult as well.

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