The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using video as a method of beginner teacher observation. Additionally, this study investigated whether or not trained observers (raters) could reliably score beginner teacher performance videotapes using a four point holistic scoring scale. It was the goal of this study that the beginner teacher performance videotapes assessed holistically would help to narrow the gap that now exists between teacher evaluation and actual classroom teaching. To this end the researcher collected 24 beginner teacher performance videotapes and had twelve elementary school teachers, the raters, score each videotape utilizing a four point holistic scoring scale that was developed for the purposes of this dissertation. In sum, it appears that videotape performance assessment that utilizes a holistic scoring scale is a viable and cost effective method of teacher evaluation. Lastly, it was learned that camera condition was not a significant factor in terms of obtaining consistent scores on the performance videotapes. However, it remains to be seen if this method helps to narrow the gap between actual classroom teaching and teacher evaluation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UMASS/oai:scholarworks.umass.edu:dissertations-9029 |
| Date | 01 January 1995 |
| Creators | Nekovei, Deanna Lynn |
| Publisher | ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst |
| Source Sets | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest |
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