Classroom Observations Indicate the Positive Impacts of Discipline-Based Professional Development

Autor: M. Z. Bruckner, Rachel Teasdale, Cathryn A. Manduca, Rory R. McFadden, Dori Farthing, Katherine Ryker, Ellen Iverson, Karen Viskupic
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal for STEM Education Research. 2:201-228
ISSN: 2520-8713
2520-8705
Popis: We compared 236 geoscience instructors’ histories of professional development (PD) participation with classroom observations using the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) that describe undergraduate classes as Student-Centered (score ≥ 50), Transitional (score 31–49) or Teacher-Centered (score ≤ 30). Instructors who attended PD (n = 111) have higher average RTOP scores (44.5 vs. 34.2) and are more frequently observed teaching Student-Centered classes (33% vs. 13%) than instructors with no PD (p
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