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Lotter, Christine; Smiley, Whitney; Thompson, Stephen; Dickenson, Tammiee – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
This study investigated a professional development model designed to improve teachers' inquiry teaching efficacy as well as the quality of their inquiry instruction through engaging teachers in practice-teaching and reflection sessions. The programme began with a two-week summer Institute focused on both inquiry pedagogy and science content and…
Descriptors: Models, Faculty Development, Training Methods, Middle School Teachers
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Panayiotou, Anastasia; Kyriakides, Leonidas; Creemers, Bert P. M.; McMahon, Léan; Vanlaar, Gudrun; Pfeifer, Michael; Rekalidou, Galini; Bren, Matevž – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2014
This study investigates the extent to which the factors included in the dynamic model of educational effectiveness are associated with student achievement gains in six different European countries. At classroom level, the dynamic model refers to eight factors relating to teacher behavior in the classroom: orientation, structuring, questioning,…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Models
Lucking, Robert A. – 1975
The questioning techniques which teachers use when leading a class discussion of a reading assignment can be an essential component of profitable instruction. A brief review of the past 50 years of research on questioning levels indicates a need for attention to the cognitive level of queries as well as to their sequence since investigators have…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Measurement, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education
Smick, Regina A.; Crunkilton, John R. – 1989
Thirty postsecondary vocational technical instructors from five community colleges in Virginia were observed using the Flanders Interaction Analysis System for 30 minutes to detect their use of three of four behaviors determined to be enabling to learners. The additional enabling behavior of modeling was determined through 15 minutes of passive…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Instructional Effectiveness, Modeling (Psychology)
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Anderson, Linda M.; And Others – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 1980
This report presents an analysis of data from an experimental study of teaching effectiveness. Results indicated that both the format and the experimental treatment influenced classroom processes. (JN)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1983
This annotated bibliography comprises 13 items in the ERIC system concerning improving teacher effectiveness. Items cited discuss strategies including an objectives-based instructional program combined with mastery learning, teacher self-assessment techniques, administrators' role in helping teachers adopt more effective practices, improving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction