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Teacher effectiveness research: An example from Thailand

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This article reviews briefly the reasons for carrying out teacher effectiveness research and presents the testing of a teaching effectiveness model in 80 fifth-grade mathematics classes throughout Thailand. The data are based on a pre-/post-test study over the period of one school year. Each classroom was observed six times between the pre- and post-tests. Special attention is paid to those aspects of schooling that effect teacher behaviours and to those teacher behaviours that effect learning.

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Dieser Artikel untersucht kurz die Gründe, warum Studien über die Effektivität von Lehrern durchgeführt werden und stellt die Testergebnisse eines Modells für die Effektivität des Mathematikunterrichts in 80 Klassen des 5. Schuljahres in ganz Thailand vor. Die Daten stützen sich auf eine prä-/post Test-studie, die sich über den Zeitraum eines Schuljahres erstreckt. Jede Klasse wurde sechs Mal zwischen den Prä- und den Posttests beobachtet. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit wird den Aspekten gewidmet, die die Schule auf das Lehrerverhalten ausübt und den Verhaltensweisen der Lehrer, die das Lernen beeinflussen.

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Cet article examine brièvement les raisons pour lesquelles des travaux de recherche sont effectués sur l'efficacité des enseignants et présente l'étude d'un modèle d'enseignement efficace dans 80 classes de mathématique du cinquième degré en Thaïlande. Les données sont basées sur une étude des pré- et posttest sur une période d'une année scolaire. Chaque classe a été observée six fois entre ces tests. Une attention particulière est accordée aux aspects de la scolarité qui influent sur le comportement de l'enseignant et aux attitudes de l'enseignant qui exercent une action sur l'apprentissage.

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  1. Malee Nitsaisook
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Nitsaisook, M., Postlethwaite, T.N. Teacher effectiveness research: An example from Thailand. Int Rev Educ 32, 423–438 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00597552

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