PEEPs for PD: Project Evaluation Effectiveness Principles for Professional Development in Elementary Science Teaching

• In Event: 31.080 - Characteristics and Influences of Evaluators, Professional Development Interventions, and Use on Program and Policy Evaluation

Abstract

This paper describes outcomes from a research on evaluation study sponsored by the National Science Foundation that was designed to (1) identify and describe project evaluations of science-teaching professional development interventions intended to improve the quality of science instruction in elementary school classrooms, and (2) develop mechanisms and examples for systematically reviewing, metaevaluating, and aggregating results of these evaluations. Specifically, authors describe key characteristics of the identified professional development intervention projects and their evaluations in relation to pertinent evaluation models in the field. Implications for systematic review, metaevaluation, and research synthesis for the field of evaluation will be highlighted.

Authors

• Juna Z. Snow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Daniela C. Schroeter, Western Michigan University

• Robert McCowen, Western Michigan University

• Stephanie N. Means, Western Michigan University

• Chris L.S. Coryn, Western Michigan University