Improving Feedback Through Lesson Study: The Impact on Early-Stage Teacher Candidates

• In Event: Lesson Study for Improved Teacher Development

Abstract

This poster session reports on an explanatory case study describing early-stage (freshmen and sophomore) teacher candidates’ improvement in their feedback skills over the course of a semester through their participation in lesson study. While the literature shows that the feedback element of lesson study is critical to learning for all (Weaver & Matney, 2023), there is little research that describes the impact of the lesson study process on teacher candidates' growth in giving and receiving impactful feedback. Teacher candidates’ self-reports on their feedback journey, lesson plans, and other artifacts were analyzed to determine that their ability to give and receive feedback grew over time.

Authors

• Alexander S. Butler, Bowling Green State University

• Nancy C. Patterson, Bowling Green State University

• Joanna C. Weaver, Bowling Green State University

• Gabriel Matney, Bowling Green State University