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Dee, Amy Lynn – Action in Teacher Education, 2012
Professional integrity and changing demographics in the public school system in the United States coupled with standards for teacher preparation require that preservice teachers possess knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to work with diverse populations. Using the Teacher Work Sample, a plan for instruction serving as a teacher…
Descriptors: Public Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Academic Standards, Performance Based Assessment
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Kirchner, Jana; Evans, C. Samuel; Norman, Antony D. – Action in Teacher Education, 2010
We administered two instruments designed to assess and predict teacher effectiveness, the TeacherInsight Interview (TI) and the Renaissance Teacher Work Sample (TWS), to student teachers (N = 396) at a large comprehensive institution in the Southeastern United States to investigate whether TWS performance predicts TI scores. We first investigated…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs
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Stobaugh, Rebecca Ruth; Tassell, Janet Lynne; Norman, Antony D. – Action in Teacher Education, 2010
This study focuses on the Renaissance Teacher Work Sample's critical sections Assessment Plan and Analysis of Student Learning. Preliminary review of scoring data based on the sample revealed that preservice teachers at a large comprehensive institution teacher program appeared to be most challenged with designing assessments and analyzing student…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Work Sample Tests, Educational Improvement
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Devlin-Scherer, Roberta; Burroughs, Greer; Daly, Jim; McCartan, William – Action in Teacher Education, 2007
Secondary teachers increasingly face student differences in ability, background, socioeconomic status, and language. One method designed to prepare future teachers for dealing with these challenges is the teacher work sample (TWS), which has been widely adopted by colleges of education as part of performance-based accreditation requirements. A…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Teachers, Work Sample Tests, Instructional Improvement