Even though initial data suggested student engagement was the issue, ongoing
classroom observation showed that our teachers were using very effective engagement strategies.
However,
the classroom observations show that Brenna often provided the research questions and she provided little opportunity for students to design their own procedure.
Not exact matches
After all, we've
shown that teachers who are assigned poorly prepared students get lower
classroom observation ratings than teachers who are assigned high achieving students, and we've said that is unfair and needs to be corrected.
Observations of child - care settings and pre-K, kindergarten, and 1st - grade
classrooms show that some children spend most of their time engaged in productive instructional activities with caring and responsive adults who consistently provide feedback, challenges to think, and social supports.
We completed the
classroom observation forms during or soon after the
observation period but did not
show them to the teachers.
The
observations made in this case study
show that drama can be integrated into academic
classrooms as an effective approach for engaging students in active participation in their learning while helping them make connections between historical and contemporary world issues.
He takes particular aim at
classroom observations, which he says the Gates
shows do not improve -LSB-...]
As their Table 6
shows (p. 20), the regression coefficients related to these three areas of «statistically significant» influence on teachers» students» test - based performance on the new PARCC and SBAC mathematics tests (i.e., more professional development days, more
classroom observations with explicit feedback tied to the Common Core, and the inclusion of Common Core - aligned student outcomes in teacher evaluations) yielded the following coefficients, respectively: 0.045 (p < 0.01), 0.044 (p < 0.05), and 0.054 (p < 0.01).
The pilot program calls for teacher evaluations to be based half on
classroom observations and half on how much progress students
show in learning, including how they perform on standardized tests.
As
shown in Table 1, 22 % of the students in the control condition would have passed the
classroom observation test, while 36 % of the students in the coding condition and 63 % of the students in the viewing condition would have passed the test.
Since the written test described
classroom situations that were different from those
shown in the interactive video activities, the
classroom observation test was considered to measure transfer of learning.
As
shown in Table 1, students in the viewing condition had a higher mean score on the 12 - item written
classroom observation test (7.74 correct, sd = 1.64) than those in the coding condition (6.64, sd = 1.75) or the test - only control condition (6.48, sd = 1.18).
Discover the five most effective,
classroom - tested assessment techniques:
Observations, Interviews, «
Show Me,» Hinge Questions, and Exit Tasks
These
observations showed significantly higher levels of overall
classroom quality among
classrooms in the 4Rs schools compared to
classrooms in the control schools at the end of the first year.
But the study also
showed that the predictive power of these rubrics strengthened when
classroom observation scores were combined with measures of student achievement gains and student surveys.
The principal compiles reports from
classroom observations,
showing aggregate areas of strength and areas that need improvement without revealing the identity of individual teachers.
This article
shows how a principal can use the steps of the formative coaching cycle to deepen the conversation following a
classroom observation.
Research
shows that the best way to evaluate teachers is through
observation by administrators and monitoring the growth and development of students in the
classroom.
These
observations showed significantly higher levels of overall
classroom quality among
classrooms in the 4Rs schools compared to
classrooms in the control schools at the end of the first year.