Coaching
Overview
- Influence: Coaching
- Domain: Teacher
- Sub-Domain: Teacher education
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
- Influence Definition: Jim Knight (2006) defines coaching as "a nonevaluative, learning relationship between a professional developer and a teacher, both of whom share the expressed goal of learning together, thereby improving instruction and student achievement." There are many variants of coaching methods but typically involve an outside person working with a teacher on a specific set of skills.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 4
- Number of studies: 105
- Number of students: 0
- Number of effects: 160
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.25
- Robustness index: 2
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dissertation | Batts | USA | Mentoring Beginning Teachers for Cognitive Growth | 2011 | Using consultants to coach teachers | 40 | 0 | 101 | 0.40 |
| Review of Educational Research | Kraft, Blazar, & Hogan | USA | The effect of teacher coaching on instruction and achievement: A meta-analysis of the causal evidence | 2018 | Teacher coaching | 37 | 0 | 31 | 0.18 |
| Review of Educational Research | Dietrichson, Bog, Filges, & Jorgensen | Denmark | Academic interventions for elementary and middle school students with low socioeconomic status: A systematic review and meta-analysis. | 2017 | Coaching | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0.04 |
| Educational Research Review | Keese, Thompson, Waxman, McIntush, & Svajda-Hardy | USA | A Worthwhile Endeavor? A meta-analysis of research on formalized novice teacher induction programs. | 2023 | Mentoring for newer teachers | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0.17 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 105 | 0 | 160 | 0.20 | |||||