The Effectiveness of Technology-Delivered Science Instructional Coaching in Middle and High School. Working Paper

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Auteurs principaux: Nugent, Gwen, Kunz, Gina, Houston, James, Kalutskaya, Irina, Wu, ChaoRong, Pedersen, Jon, Lee, SoonChun, DeChenne, Sue Ellen, Luo, LinLin, Berry, Brandi
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author Nugent, Gwen
Kunz, Gina
Houston, James
Kalutskaya, Irina
Wu, ChaoRong
Pedersen, Jon
Lee, SoonChun
DeChenne, Sue Ellen
Luo, LinLin
Berry, Brandi
author_facet Nugent, Gwen
Kunz, Gina
Houston, James
Kalutskaya, Irina
Wu, ChaoRong
Pedersen, Jon
Lee, SoonChun
DeChenne, Sue Ellen
Luo, LinLin
Berry, Brandi
Nugent, Gwen
Kunz, Gina
Houston, James
Kalutskaya, Irina
Wu, ChaoRong
Pedersen, Jon
Lee, SoonChun
DeChenne, Sue Ellen
Luo, LinLin
Berry, Brandi
collection Education Resources Information Center
contents The Effectiveness of Technology-Delivered Science Instructional Coaching in Middle and High School. Working Paper Nugent, Gwen Kunz, Gina Houston, James Kalutskaya, Irina Wu, ChaoRong Pedersen, Jon Lee, SoonChun DeChenne, Sue Ellen Luo, LinLin Berry, Brandi Science Instruction Technology Uses in Education Educational Technology Faculty Development Program Effectiveness Summer Programs Coaching (Performance) Science Process Skills Self Efficacy Knowledge Level Learner Engagement Workshops Comparative Analysis Secondary School Teachers Randomized Controlled Trials Science Teachers Regression (Statistics) Focus Groups Observation Surveys Middle Schools High Schools Although results showing coaching effectiveness are accumulating, coaching is often included with other forms of Professional Development (PD) support including teacher in-service (Powell, Diamond, Burchinal, & Koehler, 2010; Kretlow et al., 2011), access to an annotated video library (Allen et al., 2011), and access to ongoing learning communities (Gallucci, Van Lare, Yoon, & Boatright, 2010; Matsumura, Garnier, & Spybrook, 2012). The presence of multiple intervention components obscures the unique effect of coaching and makes drawing conclusions about coaching effectiveness impossible. There is a critical need for identifying effective, sustainable approaches for teacher PD in delivering instruction to foster science practice skills. The purpose of this research study was to: (1) determine the effects of a professional development intervention comprised of a summer institute and follow-up technology-delivered instructional coaching on teacher and student science practice knowledge, skills, self-efficacy, and engagement; and (2) isolate specific effects of coaching when combined with more traditional teacher workshops. The intervention model described here was designed to equip middle and high school science teachers with knowledge and skills to use a guided scientific inquiry approach to teach science practice skills integrated into content as specified by Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The project involved a randomized controlled trial aimed at addressing the following research question: What is the impact of a summer institute focused on guided scientific inquiry with follow-up coaching (treatment) versus no professional development (control) on (a) teacher science practices knowledge, skills, self-efficacy, and beliefs and (b) student science practices knowledge, skills, engagement and self-efficacy? A secondary question involved the independent effects of the summer institute and coaching: What were the separate effects of the summer institute and coaching on teacher and student outcomes? The study was conducted with 124 science teachers (63 treatment and 61 control) from 110 rural schools (61 treatment and 49 control) in Nebraska and Iowa. Results from this study show the promise of coaching and its value added to traditional teacher in-service. While this study shows the promise of coaching in impacting teacher change, more research is needed to investigate what specific aspects of the coaching process (i.e., rapport and trust between teacher and coach, coach qualifications, teacher self-reflection) are most responsible for these effects.
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spellingShingle The Effectiveness of Technology-Delivered Science Instructional Coaching in Middle and High School. Working Paper
Nugent, Gwen
Kunz, Gina
Houston, James
Kalutskaya, Irina
Wu, ChaoRong
Pedersen, Jon
Lee, SoonChun
DeChenne, Sue Ellen
Luo, LinLin
Berry, Brandi
Science Instruction
Technology Uses in Education
Educational Technology
Faculty Development
Program Effectiveness
Summer Programs
Coaching (Performance)
Science Process Skills
Self Efficacy
Knowledge Level
Learner Engagement
Workshops
Comparative Analysis
Secondary School Teachers
Randomized Controlled Trials
Science Teachers
Regression (Statistics)
Focus Groups
Observation
Surveys
Middle Schools
High Schools
The Effectiveness of Technology-Delivered Science Instructional Coaching in Middle and High School. Working Paper Nugent, Gwen Kunz, Gina Houston, James Kalutskaya, Irina Wu, ChaoRong Pedersen, Jon Lee, SoonChun DeChenne, Sue Ellen Luo, LinLin Berry, Brandi Science Instruction Technology Uses in Education Educational Technology Faculty Development Program Effectiveness Summer Programs Coaching (Performance) Science Process Skills Self Efficacy Knowledge Level Learner Engagement Workshops Comparative Analysis Secondary School Teachers Randomized Controlled Trials Science Teachers Regression (Statistics) Focus Groups Observation Surveys Middle Schools High Schools Although results showing coaching effectiveness are accumulating, coaching is often included with other forms of Professional Development (PD) support including teacher in-service (Powell, Diamond, Burchinal, & Koehler, 2010; Kretlow et al., 2011), access to an annotated video library (Allen et al., 2011), and access to ongoing learning communities (Gallucci, Van Lare, Yoon, & Boatright, 2010; Matsumura, Garnier, & Spybrook, 2012). The presence of multiple intervention components obscures the unique effect of coaching and makes drawing conclusions about coaching effectiveness impossible. There is a critical need for identifying effective, sustainable approaches for teacher PD in delivering instruction to foster science practice skills. The purpose of this research study was to: (1) determine the effects of a professional development intervention comprised of a summer institute and follow-up technology-delivered instructional coaching on teacher and student science practice knowledge, skills, self-efficacy, and engagement; and (2) isolate specific effects of coaching when combined with more traditional teacher workshops. The intervention model described here was designed to equip middle and high school science teachers with knowledge and skills to use a guided scientific inquiry approach to teach science practice skills integrated into content as specified by Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The project involved a randomized controlled trial aimed at addressing the following research question: What is the impact of a summer institute focused on guided scientific inquiry with follow-up coaching (treatment) versus no professional development (control) on (a) teacher science practices knowledge, skills, self-efficacy, and beliefs and (b) student science practices knowledge, skills, engagement and self-efficacy? A secondary question involved the independent effects of the summer institute and coaching: What were the separate effects of the summer institute and coaching on teacher and student outcomes? The study was conducted with 124 science teachers (63 treatment and 61 control) from 110 rural schools (61 treatment and 49 control) in Nebraska and Iowa. Results from this study show the promise of coaching and its value added to traditional teacher in-service. While this study shows the promise of coaching in impacting teacher change, more research is needed to investigate what specific aspects of the coaching process (i.e., rapport and trust between teacher and coach, coach qualifications, teacher self-reflection) are most responsible for these effects.
title The Effectiveness of Technology-Delivered Science Instructional Coaching in Middle and High School. Working Paper
topic Science Instruction
Technology Uses in Education
Educational Technology
Faculty Development
Program Effectiveness
Summer Programs
Coaching (Performance)
Science Process Skills
Self Efficacy
Knowledge Level
Learner Engagement
Workshops
Comparative Analysis
Secondary School Teachers
Randomized Controlled Trials
Science Teachers
Regression (Statistics)
Focus Groups
Observation
Surveys
Middle Schools
High Schools
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