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Chinese Preschool Teachers' Use of Concept Development Strategies in Whole-Group Math Lessons and Its Effectiveness
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Deng, Tao; Hu, Bi Ying; Wang, X. Christine; Li, Yuanhua; Jiang, Chunlian; Su, Yijie; LoCasale-Crouch, Jennifer – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study investigated teachers' Concept development (CD) strategy use in whole-group math teaching and its associations with children's higher-order thinking processes in 25 Chinese preschool math lessons. We utilized the CD dimension within the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) to guide our exploration. CD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Preschool Teachers, Concept Formation
Evaluating the Quality of Teaching: Can There Be Valid Differentiation in the Middle of the Performance Distribution?
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Taut, Sandy; Jiménez, Daniela; Puente-Duran, Sofia; Palacios, Diego; Godoy, Maria Inés; Manzi, Jorge – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2019
An important challenge in evaluating the quality of teaching is to arrive at valid distinctions between teachers, particularly in the middle of the performance distribution. This study addressed this issue for the Chilean national teacher evaluation system. Mathematics teachers (N = 51) from the 2 middle adjacent performance categories, and their…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Job Performance, Mathematics Teachers