Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-28-2022
Description
Teachers (n=14) at four high schools in North Carolina were interviewed about their perspectives of evaluation policy at two time points during the 2016-2017 school year. This study specifically examined statements teachers made about feedback from observations using de-identified interview transcripts. Teachers discussed feedback from formal observations along with other sources of informal observational feedback (e.g., coaches, peers). Overall, teachers described useful feedback as that which provided actionable recommendations informed by the observer’s knowledge of three domains: the classroom context (as aided by the frequency and timing of observations), subject area, and pedagogy. Teachers also identified two aspects of formal evaluation that interfered with feedback: breadth of the observational standards and use as a growth measure.
Citation Information
Frasier, Amanda, "What Makes Classroom Observation Feedback Useful? The Perceptions of Secondary Math and English Teachers" (2022). ETSU Faculty Works. 971.
https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works-2/971
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© Amanda Frasier, 2022.
This article was originally published in Voices of Reform: Educational Research to Inform and Reform.