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Ross, John A.; Hogaboam-Gray, Anne; Gray, Peter – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2004
Collective teacher efficacy refers to teacher perceptions that they constitute an effective instructional team, capable of bringing about learning in students. Previous research demonstrates that a school staff with a strong sense of collective efficacy is likely to generate high student achievement. This study of 2,170 teachers in 141 elementary…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Social Cognition
Ross, John A.; Hogaboam-Gray, Anne; Gray, Peter – 2003
Collective teacher efficacy refers to teacher perceptions that they constitute an effective instructional team, capable of bringing about learning in students. Previous research demonstrates that a school staff with a strong sense of collective efficacy is likely to generate high student achievement. This study of 2,170 teachers in 141 elementary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Participative Decision Making
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Ross, John A.; Hogaboam-Gray, Anne; Hannay, Lynne – Elementary School Journal, 2001
Examined effects of a change in teacher efficacy on primary school students' computer cognitions and skills when students moved to a new grade. Found that teacher efficacy explained 7 to 9 percent of student outcome variance. Effects were stronger when district inservice training was differentiated, distributed throughout the information period,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
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Ross, John A.; McKeiver, Sharon; Hogaboam-Gray, Anne – Canadian Journal of Education, 1997
Four grade-9 mathematics teachers in Canada were studied over one year as they implemented destreaming (detracking), which was an externally induced reform in their school system. Implementation of the destreaming had an immediate negative effect on teacher expectations of their own efficacy, but their beliefs rebounded over the year. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
Rolheiser, Carol; Ross, John A.; Hogaboam-Gray, Anne – 1999
This research investigated the impact of combining two approaches to inservice teacher education (action research and train the trainer) on teacher attitudes and practices. The inservice developed assessment approaches aligned with cooperative learning instructional approaches. Teachers were introduced to a model of collaborative assessment aimed…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Ross, John A.; Hogaboam-Gray, Anne; Hannay, Lynne – 1999
This study examined the collateral effects of WiggleWorks, an interactive literacy program, in two settings: a cohort study comparing random samples of grade 1-2 students (n=452) before and after software implementation and a longitudinal sample tracing students from Kindergarten to grade 1 (n=126). WiggleWorks contributed to greater student use…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software Evaluation, Grade 1