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Integrating quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods to compare two teacher inservice training programs
Author(s) -
Lawrenz Frances,
McCreath Heather
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660250507
Subject(s) - strengths and weaknesses , training (meteorology) , evaluation methods , mathematics education , qualitative research , psychology , qualitative analysis , computer science , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , sociology , engineering , social psychology , social science , physics , meteorology , reliability engineering
Qualitative and quantitative evaluation procedures were used to compare two physical‐science teacher inservice training programs. The two programs followed the master teacher training model espoused by NSF but used different types of master teachers and types of activities. The two evaluation procedures produced different results and together they provided a much clearer picture of the strengths and weaknesses of the two programs. Using only one approach or the other would have substantially altered the conclusions.