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Laine, Anu; Näveri, Liisa; Pehkonen, Erkki; Ahtee, Maija; Hannula, Markku S. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
The aim of this article was to find the connections between teachers' actions (N = 7) and their 3rd graders' performances (N = 86) when solving an open problem. A lot of information about the teaching sessions was gathered by video recordings and collecting pupils' solutions. Teachers' actions were analysed carefully through the phases of a…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Video Technology, Transcripts (Written Records), Lesson Observation Criteria
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
Doabler, Christian; Cary, Mari Strand; Clarke, Benjamin; Fien, Hank; Baker, Scott; Jungjohann, Kathy – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
Given the vital importance of using a scientific approach for curriculum development, the authors employed a design experiment methodology (Brown, 1992; Shavelson et al., 2003) to develop and evaluate, FUSION, a first grade mathematics intervention intended for students with or at-risk for mathematics disabilities. FUSION, funded through IES…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Suburban Schools, Intervention, Feasibility Studies
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Schuck, Sandy; Kearney, Matthew – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2008
This paper describes the fit between educational technologies and teacher views and pedagogies in light of two recently completed research projects. These studies focused on observed pedagogies associated with the classroom-based use of two learning technologies: digital video (student-generated), and interactive whiteboards. The paper considers…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Classroom Techniques, Technology Uses in Education, Case Studies
Niedermeyer, Fred; Klein Stephen – Phi Delta Kappan, 1972
Describes the Staff Performance Improvement and Appraisal Program at Newport-Mesa, California (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Behavioral Objectives, Evaluation Methods
Miller, Susan K. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1972
A Newport Beach, California, teacher evaluates that district's Staff Performance Improvement and Appraisal Program. (JF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Behavioral Objectives, Evaluation Methods
Weade, Regina; Evertson, Carolyn M. – 1988
This study examined relationships among teachers' management effectiveness ratings, student achievement, social and academic participation structures, patterns of instructional sequencing, and teachers' contributions to thematic development in classroom lessons. Representative case samples were selected to explore effective and less effective…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Strategies
BEMIS, KATHERINE A.; COOPER, JAMES G. – 1967
SIXTY URBAN, MIDDLE-CLASS, FOURTH-GRADE TEACHERS IN THE SOUTHWEST WERE GIVEN THE EDWARDS PERSONAL PREFERENCE SCHEDULE (EPPS) AS A MEASURE OF PERSONALITY. THEIR CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR WAS THEN RECORDED ON A TEACHER OBSERVATION PERSONALITY SCHEDULE REFLECTING EDWARDS' DEFINITIONS OF HIS NEEDS FOR ACHIEVEMENT, ABASEMENT, AFFILIATION, DOMINANCE, CHANGE,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Arithmetic, Behavior Rating Scales
Evertson, Carolyn M.; And Others – 1980
This report presents an overview of the history of the Junior High Classroom Organization Study, designed to answer questions concerning effective instruction in junior high school English and mathematics classes. Nineteen trained observers were sent to 52 classrooms in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District. Observers kept written records…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
Evertson, Carolyn M.; And Others – 1980
This report contains a complete record of the methodology and instrumentation of the Junior High Classroom Organization Study. The purpose of the study was to delineate specific effective teacher behaviors. Included in this report are a description of the selection and training of observers, and guidelines for writing narrative descriptions,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Data Analysis
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Dunkin, Michael J.; Doenau, Stanley J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
With reference to EJ 198 838, this article reports similar analysis. Commonality analysis was applied to data gathered on sixth-grade social studies lessons. Variations were found in the proportion of variance achievement. Content coverage was the most powerful process correlate of achievement. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Course Content, Critical Thinking
Waimon, Morton D.; And Others – 1971
It was hypothesized that 1) prospective teachers who have been trained in microplanning will score higher on tests of teacher effectiveness and 2) will not change their attitudes about pupils and teaching in an undesirable direction. Subjects were 20 secondary school social studies majors, 10 who volunteered to take an experimental teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Analysis, Course Content, Lesson Observation Criteria
Brown, Ric – 1977
This study examines both the relationship between teacher evaluation by students and student performance (where students were unaware of course grades), and the role of learner perception of effective teaching styles on those evaluations. Ninty-three graduate students served as subjects for this study. Near the end of the five-week course, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluative Thinking
FOX, DAVID J. – 1967
THIS SHORT-TERM EVALUATION OF THE MORE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS (MES) PROGRAM IN 21 NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ASSESSED THE MES INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND ITS IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM (1) OBSERVATIONAL VISITS TO CLASSROOMS BY TWO-MEMBER TEAMS OF EDUCATORS AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, (2) STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS WITH…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Organization, Arithmetic, Attitudes
Halasz, Ida M. – 1984
A three-year project was undertaken by the National Center for research in Vocational Education (Ohio State University, OH) to investigate time on task in vocational and technical classes. During the first year of the project, researchers used the direct observation method to collect time-on-task data pertaining to 10 teachers and 186 students in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques