Research on clinical supervision's effectiveness is inconclusive, partly because practice is diluted and tied to evaluation¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1994 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Evidence quality · No study behind this claim is a peer-reviewed article with a DOI: it rests on an ERIC document (a report, conference paper or thesis). It is kept because 2 design pages cite it; treat it as a lead to check, not an established finding.

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The monograph reports that research on clinical supervision has not reached clear conclusions about its effectiveness. → Gall 1994 q2 i? In a sample the monograph attributes to Graybeal (1984), annual clinical-supervision time averaged only 112 minutes per teacher. → Gall 1994 (2)

Evidence¶

Gall 1994¶

Gall, Meredith D.; Vojtek, Roseanne O'Brien. (1994). Planning for Effective Staff Development: Six Research-Based Models. ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED372464

q2 · i? · review · r2

The monograph attributes this inconclusive finding to a review by Glickman and Bey (1990) and explains it by clinical supervision not being a unitary practice and often being diluted or used mainly for evaluation. It states: "Research on clinical supervision has not reached clear conclusions about its effectiveness."

"Research on clinical supervision has not reached clear conclusions about its effectiveness (Glickman and Bey 1990)."

Gall 1994 (2)¶

Gall, Meredith D.; Vojtek, Roseanne O'Brien. (1994). Planning for Effective Staff Development: Six Research-Based Models. ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED372464

q2 · i? · review · r2

The monograph reports Graybeal's (1984) finding of dilution in practice: "the total annual clinical-supervision time averaged only 112 minutes per teacher," with average preconference twelve minutes, observation twenty-eight minutes, and postconference sixteen minutes.

"Graybeal (1984) found that in a sample of thirty-two elementary teachers, the total annual clinical-supervision time averaged only 112 minutes per teacher."

Discussion¶

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