Sentences with phrase «classroom observation instrument»

As we outlined in our first article, the reliability and validity of classroom observation instruments depends on standardised protocols.
Validated classroom observation instruments such as Class - S out of the University of Virginia (Stuhlman, Hamre, Downer, & Pianta, 2014) devote many resources to ensuring that the observers who use their instrument are using it reliably.
With the help of three thousand teacher volunteers we've captured thousands of lessons on digital video and scored them using several different classroom observation instruments; collected student - achievement data on state tests and on more cognitively challenging supplemental assessments; and asked students to weigh in on the quality of their classroom experiences using the Tripod student survey developed by Harvard's Ron Ferguson.
This is a science and mathematics classroom observation instrument (Pilburn and Judson, 2002) developed by the Arizona Collaborative for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers.
The TDST is a custom - built, classroom observation instrument based upon research and methodologies used to describe classroom discourse (Thadani, Stevens, & Tao, 2009; Wells & Arauz, 2006) and student inquiry in the classroom (Fennema et al., 1996; Franke, Carpenter, Levi, & Fennema, 2000; Puntambekar, Stylianou, & Goldstein, 2007).
The app is a low - cost classroom observation instrument that enables instructional leaders and staff to examine classroom environments for their effectiveness across seven domains of student engagement that research say makes a difference in learning.
«It is clear from these findings and the MET project's earlier study of classroom observation instruments that classroom observations are not discerning large absolute differences in practice,» the authors wrote.
CLASS ratings in sampled K - 3 classrooms (one of Bob Pianta's classroom observation instruments), or another classroom observation system for primary grades with equal or greater evidence of reliability and validity to judge the quality of classroom interactions, with sampling and observation windows designed to draw school - level (not class - level) inferences — see for example the use of CLASS in the Head Start Designation Renewal System.
Giving teachers — not just administrators — meaningful access to classroom observation instruments, video exemplars, and opportunities to rate and discuss these exemplars can be a valuable addition to a district's instructional improvement efforts.
In a recent Harvard Education Letter interview, Robert Pianta, Dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, discusses the value of the Classroom Assessing Scoring system, a classroom observation instrument known as CLASS.
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