Classroom observations revealed subtle but decisive teaching differences correlated with the difference in learning outcomes¶
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q2 i? Observations of the classrooms showed subtle but decisive differences in what was happening, and these differences were correlated with the differences in outcome. → Ming-fai Pang 2005
Evidence¶
Ming-fai Pang 2005¶
Ming-fai Pang, Ference Marton. (2005). Learning Theory as Teaching Resource: Enhancing Students' Understanding of Economic Concepts. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-005-2811-0
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Classroom observation study accompanying the comparison: observations of what was happening in the classrooms showed "subtle but decisive differences correlated with the differences in outcome." No effect size is printed.
"Observations of what was happening in the classrooms showed subtle but decisive differences correlated with the differences in outcome."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Observation scores and student surveys were moderately correlated with student learning and likely captured different dimensions of teaching quality — related
- Teachers rated classroom observation scores as the most accurate REACH measure of teaching effectiveness and value-added measures as the least accurate — related
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- Subtle teacher guidance, not imposition, enables interdisciplinary integration in small-group deliberation — related
- Associations between teacher personality and effectiveness are strongest for evaluations of teaching and near zero for academic achievement and classroom observation — related
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Classroom observations revealed subtle but decisive teaching differences correlated with the difference in learning outcomes |
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Classroom observations revealed subtle but decisive teaching differences correlated with the difference in learning outcomes |
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