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Assessing professional decision-making abilities

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This paper describes a computer-based method of diagnosing supervisors’ abilities to make professional decisions, with supervisors being defined as principals, staff developers, and /or curriculum coordinators in elementary or secondary schools. The diagnostic approach-Teacher Development Decision Exercises or TeDDEx-was designed to simulate the assessment of supervisors’ abilities to use their professional knowledge to solve problems encountered with teachers in the field. Preactive or planning decisions were the focus of the exercises.

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  1. Department of Educational Studies and the Bureau of Educational Research, University of Virginia, USA

    Robert McNergney (Associate Professor)

  2. University of Virginia, USA

    Stephanie Hinson (doctoral student and research assistant)

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McNergney, R., Hinson, S. Assessing professional decision-making abilities. ECTJ 33, 179–183 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02769157

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