Seeing the Invisible: Classroom Observation.

Beirne, Mary Helen

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ERIC Number: EJ546311

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Seeing the Invisible: Classroom Observation.

Beirne, Mary Helen

Momentum, v28 n2 p34-38 Apr-May 1997

Presents results from a study investigating the effects of professional training on teachers' use of observations to assess elementary students. Describes the training program and its focus on professional empowerment, strategy development for observation-based assessment, and learning the value of peer support. Reports that participants' competence and confidence increased. (AJL)

Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Outcomes of Education, Peer Relationship, Professional Training, Program Effectiveness, Student Evaluation, Teacher Empowerment, Teacher Improvement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Part of a special section entitled "Assessment: Alternative Approaches."