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Direct linkDuguay, Annie; Kenyon, Dorry; Haynes, Erin; August, Diane; Yanosky, Tiffany – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
This article describes the development of an instrument to measure teachers' knowledge of vocabulary development and instruction, the Teacher Knowledge of Vocabulary Survey (TKVS). This type of knowledge has become increasingly important as all classroom teachers are expected to help students meet language and literacy standards that include…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Measures (Individuals), Teaching Methods
Download full textYazdanpanah, Lilly K. – TESL-EJ, 2015
English as a second language (ESL) teaching is partly a thinking process in which teacher knowledge plays a pivotal role in making instructional choices (Breen, Hird, Milton, Oliver, & Thwaite, 2001). The present study contributes to understandings of teacher knowledge by exploring the types of knowledge, which practicing teachers value in…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Likert Scales
van der Schaaf, Marieke F.; Stokking, Karel M. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2011
Current international demands to strengthen the teaching profession have led to an increased development and use of professional content standards. The study aims to provide insight in the construct validity of content standards by researching experts' underlying assumptions and preferences when participating in a delphi method. In three rounds 21…
Descriptors: Expertise, Delphi Technique, Research Methodology, Construct Validity
Alonzo, Alicia C. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2007
Schilling et al. (this issue) have done a commendable job in illustrating a comprehensive process of validating assessments of teacher knowledge (and, more broadly, other types of tests as well). On one hand, the concrete illustration of a process that often remains murky and incomplete is profoundly heartening, as it provides a rigorous model for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Teacher Characteristics, Mathematics Instruction, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Gearhart, Maryl – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2007
Teacher knowledge has been of theoretical and empirical interest for over two decades, and development of measures is overdue. The researchers represented in this volume have been breaking new ground by developing a measure of mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) without guiding precedents, and in the face of differing perspectives on teacher…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Elementary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods, Construct Validity
Kulikowich, Jonna M. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2007
Operating from multiple literature bases in cognitive psychology, mathematics education, and theoretical and applied psychometrics, Schilling, Hill and their colleagues provide a systemic approach to studying the validity of scores of mathematical knowledge for teaching. This system encompasses an array of task formats and methodologies. The…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Learning Theories, Teaching Methods, Construct Validity
