Working With Middle School Science Teachers to Design and Implement an Interactive Data Dashboard

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Abstract

Improving science instruction is a top priority at a time when experts warn that not enough students in the U.S. are pursuing STEM careers. Using student data to improve educational processes, including teaching and learning, is a key step to improving science achievement. This paper documents interim results from the first year of data collection in a larger, three-year project to understand how science teachers use data. Following a mixed methods approach, we collected data in three ways: a teacher survey, teacher observations during planning periods or professional learning community meetings, and interviews with teachers and instructional coaches. The findings have implications for school and district leaders as well as for those developing education technology for K-12 classrooms.

Authors

• Virginia Walker Snodgrass Rangel, University of Houston

• Elizabeth R. Bell, Accelerate Learning Inc.

• Carlos Monroy, Rice University