They learned to base their noticings and
their questions about instructional practice on evidence while avoiding judgments.
Not exact matches
The application includes a videotaped lesson and written responses to
questions about the teacher's
instructional practice.
For comprehension instruction, eight different
instructional practices were observed and coded: doing a picture walk; asking for a prediction; asking a text - based
question; asking a higher level, aesthetic response
question; asking children to write in response to reading (including writing answers to
questions about what they had read); doing a story map; asking children to retell a story; and working on a comprehension skill or strategy.
Much current research
about instructional leadership is focused on distributed leadership125 or on the leader «s content knowledge.126 Meanwhile,
questions about how and when the principal might best engage with a teacher to address specific
practices used by effective teachers have been under - researched.
It's a set of
questions that nags just
about every parent with school - age kids: Does their child's teacher employ good
instructional practices?
Most of the
questions contained in this study guide are ones you can think
about on your own, but you might consider pairing with a colleague or forming a study group with others to use Advancing Formative Assessment in Every Classroom: A Guide for
Instructional Leaders to continually assess your current
practices and develop strategies for putting formative assessment to work.
These interview
questions allow teacher candidates who use SWAP in different kinds of teacher preparation courses to hear from
practicing professionals in diverse school contexts
about various aspects of secondary writing teaching (e.g., how to respond sensitively to ELL writers, how to connect beliefs
about writing to
instructional practices, and how to use assessment to plan subsequent instruction).