Examining Study Attrition: Implications for Experimental Research on Professional Development

Autor/inn/en	Kubitskey, Beth W.; Vath, Richard J.; Johnson, Heather J.; Fishman, Barry J.; Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Park, Gina J.
Titel	Examining Study Attrition: Implications for Experimental Research on Professional Development
Quelle	In: Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 28 (2012) 3, S.418-427 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-051X
DOI	10.1016/j.tate.2011.11.008
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; Suburban Schools; Dropout Rate; Research Design; Research Problems; Educational Research; Rural Schools; Rural Urban Differences; Research Methodology; Inservice Teacher Education; Attrition (Research Studies); Teacher Participation; Dropouts; Dropout Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; Vorort; Vorstadt; Forschungsdesign; Forschungskritik; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Rural area; Rural areas; Ländlicher Raum; Schulen; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Lehrerfortbildung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen
Abstract	As teacher professional development research includes more experimental designs, new challenges arise. We examine the threat of participant attrition as an example of the types of problems researchers face. Counter-intuitively, higher levels of recruitment effort were related to higher dropout rates among teachers. We also found that teachers left because of changes in teaching assignments, institutional challenges, and personal challenges. Finally, the majority of teachers in urban schools dropped out, while the majority of teachers in rural or suburban schools remained. We conclude with recommendations for future teacher learning experiments. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10