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Do subject specialists produce more useful feedback than non-specialists when observing mathematics lessons?
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posted on 2016-02-12, 10:04 authored by Sheila Evans, Ian JonesIan Jones, Clare DawsonSchools, districts and inspectorates routinely use non-specialists to observe lessons
for accountability and professional development purposes. However, there is little
empirical research on how well non-specialists observe lessons. We describe two pilot
studies in which education professionals made judgements about mathematics lesson
observation reports, written by both specialists and non-specialists. In terms of
providing feedback to the observed teachers, the professionals considered the
specialists’ reports to be significantly more useful than the non-specialists’ reports.
Written advice about a teacher’s practice influenced these judgements. The paper
considers theoretical and practical implications, as well as limitations of our findings.
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The 38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics EducationVolume
3Pages
33 - 40Citation
EVANS, S., JONES, I. and DAWSON, C., 2015. Do subject specialists produce more useful feedback than non-specialists when observing mathematics lessons? IN: Liljedahl, P. ...et al.(eds.) The 38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and the 36th Conference of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 3, pp. 33-40.Publisher
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This conference paper was presented at the The 38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vancouver, Canada, 15-20th July.Publisher version
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