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Learning about Teachers' Literacy Instruction from Classroom Observations
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Kelcey, Ben; Carlisle, Joanne F. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2013
The purpose of this study is to contribute to efforts to improve methods for gathering and analyzing data from classroom observations in early literacy. The methodological approach addresses current problems of reliability and validity of classroom observations by taking into account differences in teachers' uses of instructional actions (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Emergent Literacy, Reliability
The Threshold of Embedded M Collider Bias and Confounding Bias
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Kelcey, Benjamin; Carlisle, Joanne – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
Of particular import to this study, is collider bias originating from stratification on retreatment variables forming an embedded M or bowtie structural design. That is, rather than assume an M structural design which suggests that "X" is a collider but not a confounder, the authors adopt what they consider to be a more reasonable…
Descriptors: Statistical Bias, Statistical Analysis, Psychometrics, Elementary School Teachers
Student Academic Engagement Rates. Final Report.
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Ebmeier, Howard H.; Ziomek, Robert L. – 1983
The overall purpose of this project was threefold: (1) to gather task descriptive data concerning engagement rates of students across grade levels, abilities, classrooms, contextual factors, subject areas and task structures; (2) to link various teacher behaviors with student engagement rates, focusing on correlational results between a number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection
Growth in Reading as a Correlate of Student Classroom Behavior.
Coker, Homer; Lorentz, Jeffrey L. – 1976
Systematic classroom observation instruments were used to study the relationship between student coping style and student growth in reading. Classrom behaviors were recorded in the fall and the following spring with the Coping Analysis Schedule for Educational Settings (CASES). Data were analyzed separately for two types of classroom setings:…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Empirically Derived Dimensions of Classroom Behavior As Predictors of Student Achievement.
Lorentz, Jeffrey L.; Coker, Homer – 1980
Thirteen of the 41 classroom observation dimensions derived from Medley's review of teacher effectiveness reports were scored on the Georgia Assessment of Teacher Effectiveness. Subjects were 53 fifth and sixth grade teachers in language arts and mathematics. The dimensions were: large group instruction; group size without adult supervision;…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Mathematics
All Day Kindergarten: Evaluation Update.
Wichita Public Schools, KS. Office of Program Evaluation. – 1989
The All Day Kindergarten (ADK) program was established in five schools within the Wichita (Kansas) Public School System during the 1988-89 school year. The goal was to establish a full-day balanced readiness program that would enhance skill building in the cognitive, social/emotional, and motor development areas. A formative evaluation was…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attendance, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Ability