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Coaching For Change: Amount Of Instructional Coaching Support To Transfer Science Inquiry Skills From Professional Development To Classroom Practice, James A. Houston
Coaching For Change: Amount Of Instructional Coaching Support To Transfer Science Inquiry Skills From Professional Development To Classroom Practice, James A. Houston
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Instructional coaching as a follow-up component to high-quality professional development experiences is being used to improve classroom instruction to meet the requirements of NCLB and promote organizational change. The purpose of this study was to determine the minimum number of coaching sessions necessary to translate new strategies and skills learned during a summer institute into classroom practice.
Teachers attended a 2-week summer institute focusing on the development of guided science inquiry as both an instructional strategy as well as a content. Teachers implemented a unit lasting approximately 6–8 weeks focusing on the newly learned guided inquiry strategies and skills, video-recorded …