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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

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: 3
  • Number of studies: 88
  • Number of students: 0
  • Number of effects: 143
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.26
  • Robustness index: 2

Meta-Analyses

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
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
Dissertation Batts USA Mentoring Beginning Teachers for Cognitive Growth 2011 Using consultants to coach teachers 40 0 101 0.40
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
TOTAL/AVERAGE 88 0 143 0.21
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