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MTB-MLE Stakeholders Forum Caps Third Phase of ACTRC’S MTB-MLE Study
The second Stakeholders Forum for the study, Understanding Best Practices in MTB-MLE (Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education) in the Philippines, was held last July 20, 2015 at the Function Room of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at UP Diliman. The event presented the results and findings for the second and third phases of…
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ACTRC Research Forum
Around 400 students, teachers, education specialists, researchers, and other stakeholders attended a Research Forum organized by the Assessment, Curriculum and Technology Research Centre on July 18, 2015. It was held at the NISMED Auditorium, University of the Philippines Diliman. The event disseminated research findings from studies conducted by the Assessment, Curriculum and Technology Research Centre…
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Register for the ACTRC Research Forum
The Assessment, Curriculum & Technology Research Centre will hold a Research Forum on July 18 at the NISMED Auditorium, University of the Philippines, Diliman. The aim of the forum is to disseminate relevant research findings and inform students, teachers, researchers, and all interested parties of the different research undertakings of the Centre. If you wish to join this…
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The Philippines approach to assessment of 21st century skills
Representatives from the Philippines Department of Education, the National Educational Testing and Research Centre (NETRC), and the Assessment Curriculum and Technology Research Centre jointly presented a symposium at the Singapore National Institute of Education, Redesigning Pedagogy conference. The symposium, chaired by Dr Esther Care, focused on how the Philippines is approaching the assessment of 21st…
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LearnARMM team contributes to UNICEF early childhood study
The LearnARMM suite of assessment instruments will be used as part of a UNICEF longitudinal study tracking the learning experience and performance of kindergarten students through to grade 2. ACTRC is currently halfway through the LearnARMM study examining how learning achievement unfolds in different contexts within the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. The LearnARMM team is…
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LearnARMM Test Development Workshops
The LearnARMM Test Development team held test development workshops in early May focussed on the development of grade 3 and grade 4 tests for reading comprehension, numeracy and science. Melissa Digo and Xerxes de Castro of ACTRC, and Masa Pavlovic and Judy Crigan from the Assessment Research Centre, University of Melbourne facilitated the workshops. Content…
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MTB-MLE Team Member Attends UNESCO Regional Training for MLE
Dr Romylyn Metila, of ACTRC\’s MTB-MLE research team, recently attended the Regional Training Course on Multilingual Education: Policies and Practice, hosted by UNESCO-Bangkok, 20-24 April 2015, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thirty-nine participants from various countries took part in the training, which featured recognized experts in Multilingual Education. Prof Joseph LoBianco of the University of Melbourne was…
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MTB-MLE Research Team Presents Two Papers at ACLL 2015
Members of ACTRC’s MTB-MLE Research team, Dr Romylyn A. Metila and Ms Lea Angela Pradilla, presented two papers at the Fifth Asian Conference on Language Learning (ACLL), hosted by the International Academic Forum (IAFOR), 30 April to 3 May 2015, at the Kobe Art Center in Japan. Ms Pradilla presented a paper entitled Materials Development…
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LearnARMM: Research Data Collection
During February and March this year literacy and numeracy assessments have been administered to approximately 4,000 Kinder – Grade 2 students across the Lanao Del Sur and Maguindanao regions in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. One-to-one and group assessments were delivered in Meranao or Maguindanaon depending on the language of instruction used in each…
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21st Century Skills Assessment
ACTRC has been working with DepEd and the National Educational and Testing Research Centre (NETRC) on the identification of relevant skills for the 21st century Filipino. Skills have been identified and a framework for the teaching and assessment of these skills within the curriculum is in progress. ACTRC will present a symposium in partnership with…
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