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Exploring Relationships between Professional Development,

Exploring Relationships between Professional Development, Teacher Practice, and State Content Standards By John L. Smithson, Ph.D. Director, Measures of the Enacted Curriculum Wisconsin Center for Education Research University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Exploring Relationships between Professional Development,

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  1. Exploring Relationships between Professional Development, Teacher Practice, and State Content Standards By John L. Smithson, Ph.D. Director, Measures of the Enacted Curriculum Wisconsin Center for Education Research University of Wisconsin-Madison For a copy of this paper, email: johns@education.wisc.edu

  2. What relationships can be found between participation in Professional Development Activities & Classroom Instruction Practice Content PD Climate

  3. Describing Classroom Practice Using Survey Instruments Supply & Demand (1990) Supply: LOW / Largely Limited to Ed. Researchers Primarily policy research Demand: LOW / Largely Limited to Ed. Researchers Primarily policy research

  4. Describing Classroom Practice Using Survey Instruments Supply & Demand (2005) Supply: HIGH - due to access computers and internet Demand: HIGH / Ed. Researchers / Ed. Ldrs. (at all levels) Program Evaluators

  5. Instructional Content Professional Development Mathematics Tchr. Char./Opinions/Beliefs Instr. Activities Science English Language Arts & Reading SUMMARY MEASURES Content / Practice / Climate / Prof. Dev. The SEC Data-set

  6. SUMMARY MEASURES Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate Variable Summary Measure Description PDhrs # of PD Hours reported PDfreq Frequency of PD Activities PD that involved active engagement of teachers PDactive PDcohere PD that is part of a coherent plan & goals PDcoll Collective participation from school/department PDcnt PD with focus on subject matter content PDdata PD with focus on Student Data PDstnd PD with focus on Standards & Instruction PD with focus on Student Learning PDstlrn

  7. SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics) Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate Content Areas (Topic Coverage) Variable Summary Measure Description MX1 Number Sense, Properties, Relationships Operations MX2 Measurement MX3 Algebraic Concepts MX4 Geometric Concepts MX5 Data Analysis / Probability / Statistics MX6 Instructional Content MX7

  8. SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics) Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate Performance Expectations for Students (Cognitive Demand) Variable Summary Measure Description Cgd_B Memorize / Recall Perform Procedures Cgd_C Demonstrate Understanding Cgd_D Conjecture, Hypothesize, Prove Cgd_E Non-routine problems / Make Connections Cgd_F

  9. SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics) Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate Classroom Activities Variable Summary Measure Description UseAssess Use of multiple assessment types PerfProc Perform Procedures Analyze Information Analyze Connect Make Connections AcLrn Active Learning

  10. SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics) Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate Climate Measures Variable Summary Measure Description InflStnd Influence of Standards on Instruction ProfColl Professional Collegiality & Trust

  11. Sample/Sub-sample # of teachers Full Sample 4593 MSP-PD study 211 State F 388 State I 853 State M 469 State O 338 PERSISTENCE OF RELATIONSHIPS Which relationships (correlations) persist across multiple samples of teachers (Mathematics)

  12. SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate

  13. SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate

  14. SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate

  15. SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate

  16. #OF PERSISTENT SUMMARY MEASURES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PD MEASURE Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate

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