ERIC Number: EJ1082768
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Oct
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ISSN: ISSN-0276-928X
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High-Quality Collaboration Benefits Teachers and Students. Lessons from Research
Killion, Joellen
Journal of Staff Development, v36 n5 p62-64 Oct 2015
In this article, Joellen Killion highlights the methodology, analysis, findings, and limitations of Ronfeldt, M., Farmer, S., McQueen, K., & Grissom, J. (2015), "Teacher collaboration in instructional teams and student achievement," "American Educational Research Journal," 52(3), 475-514. Using sophisticated statistical analyses, researchers examined individual teacher-level and school-level collaboration to understand the nature and effects of teacher-to-teacher collaboration in instructional teams. When teachers engage in high-quality collaboration that they perceive as extensive and helpful, there is both an individual and collective benefit. High-quality collaboration in general and about assessment in particular among teachers is associated with increases in their students' achievement, their performance, and their peers' students' achievement.
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Teamwork, Teacher Collaboration, Educational Quality, Academic Achievement, Teacher Improvement, Institutional Characteristics, Teacher Surveys, School Statistics, Teacher Attitudes, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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