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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Measuring Biology Teachers' Professional Vision: Development and Validation of a Video-Based Assessment Tool
Kramer, Maria; Förtsch, Christian; Stürmer, Julia; Förtsch, Sonja; Seidel, Tina; Neuhaus, Birgit J.
Cogent Education, v7 n1 Article 1823155 2020
A key challenge for teachers is the evaluation of teaching and learning situations in the classroom. Video-based instruments are considered as effective tools for measuring teachers' skills for evaluating classroom situations. This article reports the development and validation of a video-based assessment tool for measuring biology teachers' professional vision. Analyses of interviews using think-aloud protocols with in-service biology teachers showed that they perceived the staged videos in the video-based assessment tool as authentic. Furthermore, they identified biology-specific dimensions of instructional quality in the videos, and used aspects of professional vision while reasoning about the identified situations. Thus, results indicate the suitability of the video-based assessment tool for capturing professional vision with the potential to be used in further interventions within teacher education programs.
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Biology, Measures (Individuals), Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Classroom Observation Techniques, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Simulation, Vignettes, Test Validity, Test Construction, Attention, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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