Both novice and expert teachers state valid behavioral cues when inferring student profiles, but novices rely more on salient cues such as hand raising and quality of answers¶
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q3 i? Novices cited hand raising and quality of answers significantly more often than experts when diagnosing student profiles. → Seidel 2021
q3 i? Both expertise groups stated about two to three indicators per profile, with no significant overall difference in number of indicators. → Seidel 2021 (2)
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Seidel 2021¶
Seidel, T., Schnitzler, K., Kosel, C., Stürmer, K., & Holzberger, D. (2021). Student Characteristics in the Eyes of Teachers: Differences Between Novice and Expert Teachers in Judgment Accuracy, Observed Behavioral Cues, and Gaze. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-020-09532-2
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Unpaired t tests on open-ended cue reports (Table 4; n = 20 novices, 7 experts for this measure) showed significant differences favoring novice reporting of hand raising (p = .004, d = − 1.37) and quality of answers (p = .005, d = − 1.34); other indicators did not reach significance.
"novices used student hand raising and the quality of answers significantly more often than experts. Experts used all other indicators more often than novices did, although significance was not reached (Table4)."
Seidel 2021 (2)¶
Seidel, T., Schnitzler, K., Kosel, C., Stürmer, K., & Holzberger, D. (2021). Student Characteristics in the Eyes of Teachers: Differences Between Novice and Expert Teachers in Judgment Accuracy, Observed Behavioral Cues, and Gaze. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-020-09532-2
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Open-answer cue data (27 novices, 7 experts) coded with a 108-code inductive scheme aggregated to 10 indicators (interrater κ = .95); the group difference in indicators used was not statistically significant.
"both novices and experts stated about two to three indicators per student profile (Mnovice = 2.66, SDnovice =0 . 7 2 ;Mexpert =2 . 9 4 ,SDexpert = 0.97), resulting in no significant dif- ference in expertise level, t(25) = − 0.82; p = .422; d = 0.36"
Discussion¶
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Both novice and expert teachers state valid behavioral cues when inferring student profiles, but novices rely more on salient cues such as hand raising and quality of answers |
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Both novice and expert teachers state valid behavioral cues when inferring student profiles, but novices rely more on salient cues such as hand raising and quality of answers |
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