Title: Exploring Relationships between Professional Development,
1Exploring Relationships between Professional
Development, Teacher Practice, and State Content
Standards By John L. Smithson,
Ph.D. Director, Measures of the Enacted
Curriculum Wisconsin Center for Education
Research University of Wisconsin-Madison
For a copy of this paper, email
johns_at_education.wisc.edu
2What relationships can be found between
participation in Professional Development
Activities Classroom Instruction
Practice
Content
PD
Climate
3Describing Classroom Practice
Using Survey Instruments
Supply Demand (1990)
Supply LOW / Largely Limited to Ed.
Researchers Primarily policy research
Demand LOW / Largely Limited to Ed.
Researchers Primarily policy research
4Describing Classroom Practice
Using Survey Instruments
Supply Demand (2005)
Supply HIGH - due to access computers and
internet
Demand HIGH / Ed. Researchers / Ed. Ldrs. (at
all levels) Program Evaluators
5The SEC Data-set
6SUMMARY MEASURES
Content
Practice
Climate
Prof. Dev.
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Variable
Summary Measure Description
PDhrs
of PD Hours reported
PDfreq
Frequency of PD Activities
PD that involved active engagement of teachers
PDactive
PDcohere
PD that is part of a coherent plan goals
PDcoll
Collective participation from school/department
PDcnt
PD with focus on subject matter content
PDdata
PD with focus on Student Data
PDstnd
PD with focus on Standards Instruction
PD with focus on Student Learning
PDstlrn
7SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics)
Content
Practice
Climate
Prof. Dev.
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Content Areas (Topic Coverage)
Variable
Summary Measure Description
MX1
Number Sense, Properties, Relationships
Operations
MX2
Measurement
MX3
Algebraic Concepts
MX4
Geometric Concepts
MX5
Data Analysis / Probability / Statistics
MX6
Instructional Content
MX7
8SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics)
Content
Practice
Climate
Prof. Dev.
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Performance Expectations for Students (Cognitive
Demand)
Variable
Summary Measure Description
Cgd_B
Memorize / Recall
Perform Procedures
Cgd_C
Demonstrate Understanding
Cgd_D
Conjecture, Hypothesize, Prove
Cgd_E
Non-routine problems / Make Connections
Cgd_F
9SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics)
Content
Practice
Climate
Prof. Dev.
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Classroom Activities
Variable
Summary Measure Description
UseAssess
Use of multiple assessment types
PerfProc
Perform Procedures
Analyze Information
Analyze
Connect
Make Connections
AcLrn
Active Learning
10SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics)
Content
Practice
Climate
Prof. Dev.
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Climate Measures
Variable
Summary Measure Description
InflStnd
Influence of Standards on Instruction
ProfColl
Professional Collegiality Trust
11PERSISTENCE OF RELATIONSHIPS
Which relationships (correlations) persist across
multiple samples of teachers (Mathematics)
12SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO
PD MEASURES
Content
Practice
Climate
Prof. Dev.
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13SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO
PD MEASURES
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Climate
Prof. Dev.
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14SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO
PD MEASURES
Content
Practice
Climate
Prof. Dev.
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15SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO
PD MEASURES
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Practice
Climate
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16OF PERSISTENT SUMMARY MEASURES ASSOCIATED WITH
EACH PD MEASURE
Content
Practice
Climate
Prof. Dev.
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