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Validation of an Observation and Evaluation Instrument for the Supervision of Middle and Secondary Pre-Service Teachers

The purpose of the study was to determine the validity and reliability of a revised observation and evaluation instrument of middle and secondary pre-service clinical teaching to be used as part of the clinical supervision cycle and for formative purposes. The North Texas Appraisal of Classroom Teaching (NTACT) serves as a performance assessment tool utilized by a south-central university-based educator preparation program for the evaluation and supervision of pre-service teachers during their last semester of their program. The researcher piloted and field-tested a redesigned observation and evaluation instrument (NTACT-V2) on observer participants with varying educational experiences in the south-central region. To accumulate evidence of validity and reliability, this study employed methods of factor analysis and generalizability study for developing a valid and reliable instrument to guide the refinement process of the NTACT observation and evaluation instrument. Some of the significant conclusions reached in this study were (a) the NTACT-V2 is a practical, user-friendly classroom observation and evaluation instrument; (b) the instrument refined and developed in this study exhibits appropriate content, face, and criterion validity as determined by a panel of experts and an extensive review of the literature; and, (c) a variety of observers can use the evaluation instrument with relative ease while achieving a high degree of reliability.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc984136
Date05 1900
CreatorsBush, Brandon (Brandon Lee)
ContributorsLaney, James D., Pratt, Sarah Smitherman, Dixon-Krauss, Lisbeth, Harrell, Pamela Esprívalo, Hull, Darrell Magness
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatx, 304 pages, Text
RightsPublic, Bush, Brandon (Brandon Lee), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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