Using Collaborative Teacher Research to Determine the Impact of Professional Development School Activities on Elementary Students' Math and Writing Outcomes

School University Partnerships : What Do the Schools Want?

“…El-Amin, Cristol and Hammond (1999) describe the process of developing a professional development school as analogous to that of building a house. The title of Teitel's (1998) Other professional development school literature is concerned with the question of evaluation, both in terms of the impact on teachers and lecturers, but, perhaps more importantly, on student learning (Knight, Wiseman and Cooner, 2000) ; and in terms of the need for 'credible, systematic documentation of professional development school impacts' (Teitel, 2001). This area of the literature is critical to more fully understanding how professional development school and partnership research in general can be conceptualised.…”

Teaching Reflective Practice: Implementation in the Teacher-Education Setting

“…Action research projects(Knight, Wiseman, & Cooner, 2000;Mitchell, Reilly, & Logue, 2009;Wong, 2011) 2. Case studies of students, teachers, classrooms, and schools(Barnett, 1991;Carter, 1993; Moreno & Valdez, 2007) 3.Microteaching (Benton-Kupper, 2001;Fernandez, 2010;Fernandez & Robinson, 2007;Iverson, Lewis, & Talbot, 2008) Downloaded by[Simon Fraser University] at 11:08 20 November 2014…”

Mentoring the mentors: student teachers' contributions to the middle school classroom

“…Finally, Knight et al (2000) collaborated with teachers in a PDS that served preschool and primary aged elementary children to evaluate supplemental instructional programs (`Writing buddies, math buddies') implemented by university preservice teachers. A single group pre-test/post-test design was used to assess changes in student academic performance associated with implementation of the PDS-sponsored tutoring programs.…”