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Davis, Dennis S.; Bippert, Kelli; Villarreal, Lorena – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2015
Using videos from 63 teachers in grades 4-8 who were part of the Measures of Effective Teaching study, we identified five tendencies in the teaching of reading comprehension that can inform future work on the design and implementation of reading instruction. The five tendencies are: (1) Instruction is generally text-centric, but dominated by…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Instructional Effectiveness
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Bambrick-Santoyo, Paul – Educational Leadership, 2012
Michelle is a first-year English teacher at Vailsburg Middle School, a public school in Newark, New Jersey. Michelle is dedicated, caring, energetic, and insightful. This year, the author had the chance to watch Michelle and her principal, Serena Savarirayan, meet for their weekly debriefing of Michelle's teaching. Serena began by praising…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), English Instruction, Questioning Techniques, Classroom Observation Techniques
Neergaard, Laura; Smith, Tom – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
Observation measures of instructional quality tend to fall into two broad categories--those for use across subject areas and those intended for use in specific subject areas. The move toward content-specific measures is a result of research suggesting that effective teaching looks different across subject areas and that both content knowledge and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Classroom Environment