June 14, 2011

"Awareness and Performance through Self- and Partner's Image in Videoconferencing" has won the best article award.

The collaborative article by Mr. Masahiro Yamada (CRET Researcher/Associate Professor, Kanazawa Univ.) and Mr. Kanji Akahori (CRET Board of Directors/Professor, Hakuo Univ.) "Awareness and Performance through Self- and Partner's Image in Videoconferencing" has won the best article award from "CALICO". Each year CALICO's Editorial Board votes to choose the best article from the previous year's CALICO Journal volume, in this case Volume 27, and they voted Mr. Yamada and Mr. Akahori's overall best article.

December 10, 2010

PISA 2009 Review by Educational Researchers
- How Japanese Education Should Refer to PISA -

The public symposium on the “PISA 2009 Review by Educational Researchers - How Japanese Education Should Refer to PISA -” was held on December 10th 2010, hosted by CRET and co-sponsored by BERD. 222 attendants from various backgrounds, including researchers, educators, students, administrators and media, gathered together. Based on 101 responses received to the questionnaire, more than 90% of the attendees were satisfied with the keynote speeches and lectures, as well as the panel discussion.

The symposium was held just 6 days after the media announcement of the PISA 2009 results on December 7th. The objective was to transmit the perspectives of the researchers. The panel discussion invited vibrant comments from the floor. The symposium concluded that “The cool and calm observation of PISA results is essential, recognizing that some skills are not measured by PISA.” Ranking is often highlighted whenever PISA results are announced. However, we reached a consensus that an objective review of the content of PISA was required. This, we believe, was a significant outcome of the symposium.

Handout and Report are available in PDF

May 25, 2009

Participating in the Annual Assembly of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the 21st Century Skills Conference

Two CRET researchers participated in both the 90th AERA Conference, held from April the 13th to the 17th, 2009, as well as the 21st Century Skills Conference, held from the 17th to the 19th of the same month. In the U.S., education researchers and various corporations have been collaborating in an effort to outline the kinds of competency required to thrive in the 21st century; they are striving to implement the teachings and evaluations of such competency in the education system by utilizing the latest technologies and theories. International organizations such as the OECD and the IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) have been cooperating with these efforts, and are trying to reflect the research findings in future international examinations. For further details, please refer to the conference participation reports.

21st Century Skills Conference Report

March 25, 2009

Result Comparison Between the CRET's Study on Arithmetic / Mathematics Vocabulary Assessment and TIMSS 2007

In this report, Professor Hiroshi Shimizu of Aichi University of Education, a supervisor of CRET's study on the arithmetic / mathematics vocabulary assessment implemented in 2007, suggests several points of view that Japanese mathematics teachers should pay attention to when they teach arithmetic / mathematics vocabulary at school, by comparing the results between the CRET's study and TIMSS 2007.
Please also refer to the 9th issue of the CRET newsletter for details of the study on the arithmetic / mathematics vocabulary assessment.

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