What Is Known About How Vignette Instruments Can Solicit Teachers’ Thinking? An Analytic Literature Review

• In Event: Applications in Systematic and Meta-Analysis

Abstract

One technique that can be used to solicit teachers’ knowledge and/or decision making is a vignette instrument. Vignette instruments consist of scenarios provided in written, oral, or video form that a teacher responds to based on open or closed-ended prompts and questions. Vignettes hold value, but guidelines for their design and analysis are rarely provided in popular methodological texts. To understand how vignettes are typically used in education research, we conducted a review of studies (N=95) published from 1975- 2022. Studies were analyzed using qualitative coding methods. Findings indicate that most vignettes are provided in written format, with video being the second most common. Additionally, results showed that pedagogical content knowledge is the most popular theoretical framework in vignette-based studies.

Authors

• Catherine A. Lammert, Texas Tech University

• Paula Szymanski, Texas Tech University