Kwang Suk Yoon

Dados Biográficos

ID2945549
NOMEKwang Suk Yoon
PRENOMESKwang Suk
SOBRENOMEYoon
ASSINATURAYOON K S
AFILIAÇÕESAmerican Institutes for Research
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES218
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1997
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2009
ÍNDICE H3

  • What Works in Professional Development?

    Open AccessThomas R Guskey, Kwang Suk YoonARTICLEPhi Delta Kappan2009

    hat do we really know about the relationship between professional development and improvements in student learning? What evidence validates that relationship, and how trustworthy is that evidence? What does that evidence tell us about the characteristics of truly effective professional development activities? These questions guided one of the largest and most inclusive syntheses of research on effective professional development conducted to date.…

  • Geographies of Trust

    Open AccessWendy M Rahn, Kwang Suk Yoon et al.ARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2009Citada por: 8Referências: 26

    Generalized social trust is an important component of social capital and has been linked to a variety of individual- and community-level outcomes, including low crime rates, effective government, and healthy and happy citizens. Drawing on a multicommunity survey conducted in several American towns and cities in 2002, the authors examine the individual and contextual origins of general social trust using the techniques of Hierarchical Linear Model…

  • Experimenting With Teacher Professional Development

    Open AccessAndrew J Wayne, Kwang Suk Yoon et al.ARTICLEEducational Researcher2008Citada por: 51Referências: 18

    A strong base of research is needed to guide investments in teacher professional development (PD). This article considers the status of research on PD and articulates a particular direction for future work. Little is known about whether PD can have a positive impact on achievement when a program is delivered across a range of typical settings and when its delivery depends on multiple trainers. Despite a consensus in the literature on the features…

  • Effects of Professional Development on Teachers’ Instruction

    Open AccessLaura M Desimone, Andrew C Porter et al.ARTICLEEducational Evaluation and Policy…2002

    This article examines the effects of professional development on teachers’ instruction. Using a purposefully selected sample of about 207 teachers in 30 schools, in 10 districts in five states, we examine features of teachers’ professional development and its effects on changing teaching practice in mathematics and science from 1996–1999. We found that professional development focused on specific instructional practices increases teachers’ use of…

  • What Makes Professional Development Effective? Results From a National Sample of Teachers

    Open AccessMichael S Garet, Andrew C Porter et al.ARTICLEAmerican Educational Research…2001Citada por: 159Referências: 10

    This study uses a national probability sample of 1,027 mathematics and science teachers to provide the first large-scale empirical comparison of effects of different characteristics of professional development on teachers’ learning. Results, based on ordinary least squares regression, indicate three core features of professional development activities that have significant, positive effects on teachers’ self-reported increases in knowledge and sk…

  • Change in children's competence beliefs and subjective task values across the elementary school years

    Allan Wigfield, Jacquelynne S Eccles et al.ARTICLEJournal of Educational Psychology1997

    The authors assessed change over 3 years in elementary school children's competence beliefs and subjective task value in the domains of math, reading, instrumental music, and sports. The longitudinal sample consisted of approximately 615 mostly White, lower middle to middle-class children. Stability correlations indicated moderate to strong stability in children's beliefs, especially older children's competence beliefs. The relation of children's…