ERIC Number: EJ1074799
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Aug
Pages: 27
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ISSN: EISSN-1527-9316
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Investigating the Impact of Feedback Instruction: Partnering Preservice Teachers with Middle School Students to Provide Digital, Scaffolded Feedback
Falter Thomas, Angela; Sondergeld, Toni
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v15 n4 p83-109 Aug 2015
This article investigates the impact of scaffolded feedback instruction provided through an undergraduate methods course. Because of a desire for preservice teachers to have online teaching experience and due to low performance scores in assessment on the edTPA, a project was created which partnered preservice teachers with middle-grades students. Preservice teachers provided digital feedback, as students worked on a research project, while receiving scaffolded instruction about feedback in their methods course. Our study utilizes a mixed-methods intrinsic case study design. Participants included 82 rural middle school students and 16 preservice teachers from a large public university in the Midwest. As a result of participating in the methods course, preservice teachers' abilities, confidence, and beliefs about giving feedback improved. Middle-grades students reported feeling positive about receiving feedback and felt it was helpful. Implications for instructors, preservice teacher training, middle-grades student learning, and issues related to studying teacher education are discussed.
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Instructional Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers, Middle School Students, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Computer Mediated Communication, Partnerships in Education, Investigations, Methods Courses, Undergraduate Students, Research Projects, Mixed Methods Research, Case Studies, Beliefs, Self Efficacy, Teacher Competencies, Language Arts, Achievement Gains, Intervention, Student Attitudes, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Surveys, Scores, Reflection, Followup Studies, Change Strategies, Training Methods, Quasiexperimental Design, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools; Grade 7; Elementary Education; Grade 8; Grade 9; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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