Professional learning experiences shift teachers' beliefs away from traditional views toward practice-based science and increase implementation confidence, with gains leveling off after initial workshops¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 2 studies · 1 review r2, 1 associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Teachers' beliefs shifted significantly from the beginning to the end of PD, changing most dramatically after the first workshop. → belief-shift q2 i? Implementation confidence increased over initial PD experiences and then leveled off over time. → confidence-shift

Evidence¶

belief-shift¶

McElhaney, K. W., Mills, K., Kamdar, D., Baker, A., & Roschelle, J. (2023, March). A summary and synthesis of initial OpenSciEd research: Updated version [White paper]. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/171

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Longitudinal pre-post survey analysis of 322 teacher participants in OpenSciEd PD workshops over two years (Lowell, 2022), as summarized by the review; significance is reported without a printed effect size.

"Analyses of responses from 322 teacher participants who engaged in PD workshops found that teachers' beliefs shifted significantly from the beginning to the end of PD (Lowell, 2022; OpenSciEd, 2019) and that teachers' beliefs changed most dramatically after the first workshop they participated in."

confidence-shift¶

McElhaney, K. W., Mills, K., Kamdar, D., Baker, A., & Roschelle, J. (2023, March). A summary and synthesis of initial OpenSciEd research: Updated version [White paper]. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/171

q2 · i? · review · r2

Same longitudinal survey analysis (Lowell, 2022); the review notes confidence increases occurred over multiple rounds of enactment and PD, so shifts cannot be attributed entirely to professional learning.

"As with beliefs, implementation confidence increased over the course of initial PD experiences and leveled off over time."

Discussion¶

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