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Farmer, Heather M.; Ramsdale, Jennifer – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2016
The goals of this study are to identify key competency areas that lead to success in online instruction and to develop a framework that supports professional development and self-assessment. To identify the key competency areas, skills and behaviours presented within current literature were analyzed. Secondly, gaps were identified and levels of…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Online Courses, Teacher Competency Testing, Benchmarking
Singer, Jonathan E.; Ross, Julia M.; Jackson-Lee, Yvette – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2016
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education in the U.S. is in transition. The recently published "A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas" as well as the "Next Generation Science Standards" are responsive to this call and clearly articulate a vision that…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, High Schools, Integrated Curriculum, STEM Education
Goldhaber, Dan – George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative, 2015
This paper focuses on what research has shown about the impact of teacher quality on student achievement, the connection between quality and observable teacher characteristics and traits, and what all this might mean for teacher policy. Teacher quality is the largest factor contributing to student achievement in schools, but teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Research, Teachers, Productivity
Bieri Buschor, Christine; Schuler Braunschweig, Patricia – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
The aim of this longitudinal study was to gain an understanding of how Swiss student teachers (n = 253), who had passed a competence-based admission test, were assessed by their mentors after the first year of teaching. The results revealed a high correlation between the students' initial cross-curricular competencies (CCC) and their mentors'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Student Teacher Evaluation
Development of a Training Program for Enhancement of Technology Competencies of University Lecturers
Cruthaka, Chomsupak; Pinngern, Ouen – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2016
The objectives were: (1) the components of the technology competencies of university lecturers were studied. The researchers also described and analyzed (2) the development of a training program for enhancement of the technology competencies of these lecturers. Also, the researchers evaluated (3) the program they had constructed. The sample…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, College Faculty, Program Development, Faculty Development
Yildirim, Nagihan – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
This study is a descriptive study that adopts relational screening model with the aim of determining pre-service classroom teachers' opinions about laboratory use in science teaching their preferences among laboratory approaches and identifying the reasons of the answers given by the pre-service teachers. The sample of the study is 236 pre-service…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Preferences, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
Bruns, Julia; Eichen, Lars; Gasteiger, Hedwig – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2017
Recent studies highlight early childhood teachers' mathematics-related competence. Developing this competence should be a main aspect of early childhood teachers' education. This is, however, not the case in all countries. Consequently, high-quality professional development courses are needed. Based on research results, we developed a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Mathematics Skills, Mathematical Aptitude
Jia, Yueming; Oh, Youn Joo; Sibuma, Bernadette; LaBanca, Frank; Lorentson, Mhora – Teacher Development, 2016
A self-report scale that measures teachers' confidence in teaching students about twenty-first century skills was developed and validated with pre-service and in-service teachers. First, 16 items were created to measure teaching confidence in six areas: information literacy, collaboration, communication, innovation and creativity, problem solving,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Inservice Education, Psychometrics, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Brown, Carmen Sherry – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2016
Comprehensive early childhood teacher preparation programs offer courses and curricula that are aligned with current research on best practices and related to the knowledge and skills that early childhood teacher candidates are expected to demonstrate on certification exams and teacher performance assessments. To support the alignment of early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Career Readiness, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Reichert, Michael C. – Independent School, 2015
Some boys thrive in school; many do not. There is a growing consensus that many boys' scholastic performance is failing to keep up with the new knowledge economy. As troubling as this trend in boys' scholastic performance may be generally, school troubles are neither universal nor normative. The intriguing fact is that some boys in most schools…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Educational Strategies, Males, Student Behavior
Biktagirova, Gulnara F.; Khitryuk, Vera V. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Inclusive education becomes a social reality and needs to ensure its quality. Preschool age is a sensitive period of the process of personality's socialization and the formation of moral qualities, providing interaction and communication between people pattern, among which are: respect for "otherness", cooperation, support and mutual…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Career Readiness, Inclusion, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Yuet, Fanny Kho Chee; Yusof, Hamidah; Mohamad, Syed Ismail Syed – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2016
Purpose: The main purpose of the study was to develop an empirically validated Teacher Leadership Competency Model (TLCM) which would enhance teacher leadership competencies in Malaysian secondary schools. There is currently no established instrument that measures teacher leadership competency, particularly in the Malaysian context. Methodology:…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Teacher Competency Testing, Rating Scales, Program Validation
Choppin, Jeffrey; Meuwissen, Kevin – Action in Teacher Education, 2017
The edTPA, a performance assessment designed to generate reliable and valid measures of teaching practice, increasingly is used as a gatekeeping mechanism for beginning teacher licensure in various states, including New York, Washington State, Wisconsin, and Georgia. One of the edTPA's key components is the demonstration of instructional practice…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Performance Based Assessment, Video Technology
Zapata-Rivera, Diego; Zwick, Rebecca; Vezzu, Margaret – Educational Assessment, 2016
The goal of this study was to explore the effectiveness of a short web-based tutorial in helping teachers to better understand the portrayal of measurement error in test score reports. The short video tutorial included both verbal and graphical representations of measurement error. Results showed a significant difference in comprehension scores…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Tutorial Programs, Instructional Effectiveness, Web Based Instruction
Steele, Michael D. – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2013
While recent national and international assessments have shown mathematical progress being made by US students, little to no gains are evident in the areas of geometry and measurement. These reports also suggest that practicing teachers have traditionally had few opportunities to engage in content learning around topics in geometry and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Geometry, Measurement, Knowledge Base for Teaching