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Cuddapah, Jennifer L.; Clayton, Christine D. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This qualitative study explores a cohort professional development experience that brought new teachers together every few weeks from across an urban school district. Observation data were analyzed through Wenger's (1998) "Communities of Practice" social learning framework. The purpose was to examine how a cohort can be a valuable resource of new…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Professional Development, Phenomenology, Cohort Analysis
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Johnson, Carla; Fargo, Jamison; Kahle, Jane Butler – School Science and Mathematics, 2010
This longitudinal, five-year study of teachers and students who had participated in a systemic reform program in science explored if (1) teacher change in practice realized during a three-year program is sustained one, two, and three years following the program, (2) student performance on state science assessments two years following studying with…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Longitudinal Studies, Achievement Gains