Teacher Effectiveness: What Teachers Think and Do and What Students Know

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium presents the findings of five qualitative and quantitative studies investigating the inclinations, perspectives, and innovative practices of highly effective k-12 teachers serving minority students in urban and rural school districts in Southern California. Studies include: 1) perspectives and dispositions of highly effective teachers in low performing urban schools, 2) highly effective middle school teachers’ knowledge and beliefs concerning their instructional practices in relation to student achievement, 3) highly effective elementary school teachers’ professional knowledge of effective preparation and instructional strategies, 4) new teachers’ value and use of effective self-regulated learning and assessment strategies, and 5) students’ perceptions of teachers’ expectations in relation to their attributions for success or failure in English Language Arts achievement.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Section 3: Focus on the Lives of Teachers (knowledge, thinking, dispositions, perspectives, ideology, reflective practice, and the moral dimensions of teaching)

Chair

• Lourdes Villarreal, University of La Verne

Papers

• Perspectives and Dispositions of Highly Effective Teachers in Low-Performing Urban Schools - Mary Poplin, Claremont Graduate University

• What Were They Thinking? Highly Effective Middle School Teachers Reveal Shared Knowledge About Purposeful Practice - Katheryne L. McGregor, San Jacinto Unified School District

• Students’ Perceptions of Teacher Expectations and Their Relationship to Achievement - Tanya Yvette Reader, Glendora Unified School District

• Blind Spots and Bootstraps: New Teachers’ Self-Regulated Learning and Assessment - Rebecca Hatkoff, Claremont Graduate University

• Effective Teachers Know How to Address Achievement Deficits of Minority Students - Wendy Moore, Colton Joint Unified School District

Discussant

• Linda Hoff, Fresno Pacific University