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Practical Measures to Improve the Quality of Small-Group and Whole-Class Discussions

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Practical Measures to Improve the Quality of Small-Group and Whole-Class Discussions
Abstract/Description
This White Paper is intended to serve as a resource for educational researchers and practitioners interested in using practical measures and routines to support improvement efforts in schools. In particular, it describes two practical measures aimed at supporting efforts to improve the quality of small-group and whole-class discussions in middle-grades mathematics. The measures were developed in collaboration with partners in Jefferson County Public Schools (Louisville, KY) and San Francisco Unified School District (San Francisco, CA), and a team of researchers.
The White Paper is meant to accompany the measures we have developed. One of our primary goals is to develop tools and routines that can inform improvement efforts in mathematics instruction. Therefore, we have made our initial measures publicly available at www.education.uw.edu/pmr. Our hope is that users will try out and adapt the measures to fit with their specific improvement initiatives. In exchange for using the measures, we ask that all users share with us adaptations, rationales for making adaptations, and information on the results of the adaptations. We intend to then make this information publicly available on the website.
The paper is organized as follows. First, we describe what we mean by the term practical measure. Second, we describe the process by which we developed the measures. Finally, we put forth our perspective regarding how the measures might be used (and not used).
Author/creator
Jackson, Kara
Henrick, Erin C.
Cobb, Paul
Kochmanski, Nicholas M.
Nieman, Hannah J.
Date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington
Resource type
en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Guidance Manual/Tool
Open access/full-text available
en Yes
Peer reviewed
en No
URL
Open Access PDF
Citation
Jackson, K., Henrick, E. C., Cobb, P., Kochmanski, N. M., & Nieman, H. J. (2016). Practical Measures to Improve the Quality of Small-Group and Whole-Class Discussions [White Paper]. University of Washington. https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/3d8a27_12eab6b346d54c72a6f2287e1001a094.pdf
Cited in
Measurement for Improvement in Education
Place
Seattle
Type
White Paper
Item sets
OB Citations - Measurement for Improvement in Education

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