As part of the study, independent («blind») observers assessed the quality of classroom climate in all third grade classrooms in the 18 schools using a research -
based observational instrument called the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS).
As part of the study, independent («blind») observers assessed the quality of classroom climate in all third grade classrooms in the 18 schools using a research -
based observational instrument called the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS).
Not exact matches
This study is investigating the conditions of effective video -
based math professional development and the use of an
observational instrument as a common language for teachers to use to talk about their practice....
This is particularly important as illustrated in the prior post (Footnote 8 of the full piece to be exact), because «Teacher effectiveness ratings were
based on, in order of importance by the proportion of weight assigned to each indicator [including first and foremost]: (1) scores derived via [this] district - created and purportedly «rigorous» (Dee & Wyckoff, 2013, p. 5) yet invalid (i.e., not having been validated)
observational instrument with which teachers are observed five times per year by different folks, but about which no psychometric data were made available (e.g., Kappa statistics to test for inter-rater consistencies among scores).»
From its home within DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research, ARM organized around a task that was both big and new: To establish, over time, a series of
instrumented platforms that would provide an
observational basis for studying the Earth's climate.
Sources such as the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES), Ozone Monitoring
Instrument (OMI), and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
instruments on the Aura satellite, the Cloud - Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO), and the ground -
based Aerosol Robotic Network (Aeronet) will be used, requiring the input of both the modeling and
observational communities.
This study aims to develop and evaluate a relatively low - burden
observational instrument to measure the adherence and competence of community -
based clinical supervisors of Multisystemic Treatment (MST).