ERIC Number: EJ1010957
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
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The Use of Keywords for Delivering Immediate Performance Feedback on Teacher Competence Development
Coninx, Nele; Kreijns, Karel; Jochems, Wim
European Journal of Teacher Education, v36 n2 p164-182 2013
Literature shows that feedback that is specific, immediate and goal-oriented is effective on (pre-service) teachers' performance. Synchronous coaching gives this kind of feedback. Due to immediateness of feedback, pre-service teachers can suffer from cognitive load. We propose a set of standardised keywords through which this performance feedback can be delivered--each keyword acts as a summary for the feedback message. The construction and the selection of the keywords is aimed at the reduction of message ambiguity, while at the same time a low level of cognitive load on the pre-service teacher must be maintained. An "in vivo" pilot-study with 40 respondents (pre-service teachers and their coaches) supported our hypothesis that usage of such sets of standardised keywords will mitigate the levels of ambiguity and cognitive load. These findings and other considerations for additional research using immediate performance are addressed. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Preservice Teacher Education, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Ambiguity (Context), Information Retrieval, Metadata, Standard Setting, Performance Based Assessment, Coaching (Performance), Synchronous Communication, Pilot Projects, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing, Questionnaires, Semi Structured Interviews, Student Journals, Predictor Variables, Search Strategies, Intermode Differences, Preservice Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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