Data · dataset · 2026
An investigation of teacher knowledge of and engagement with educational evidence
Listed in ZivaHub and Deakin Research Online and DMU Figshare and UCL Research Data Repository — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.17034/32631378.v1
This thesis investigates the knowledge of, and engagement with, evidence amongst teachers of GCSE chemistry in England.
Description
It has a particular focus on examining measurements of teacher knowledge and engagement with evidence and also looks at predictors for performance on measurements of teacher knowledge and engagement with evidence. The study took place during and after the implementation stage of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) which evaluated the SMART Spaces programme.
As such, the study also provides an RCT of whether participation in a trial increases knowledge and engagement with evidence. A reliability and validity analysis revealed weaknesses in existing measures of knowledge of evidence for primary and secondary teachers. The study also showed that there is some correlation between teachers’ years of experience, their highest educational level, their specialism, and the percentage of pupils in their school eligible for free school meals (FSM%) with their knowledge of educational evidence.
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The main conclusions of the thesis were that pre-existing measures of teachers’ knowledge of and engagement with evaluation-based evidence require further development. There is some potential to predict teacher performance on this measure but only up to approximately 4%. Participation in an RCT does not appear to provide evidence for increasing knowledge and engagement with evidence.
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.17034/32631378.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from zivahub uct ac za
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from zivahub uct ac za
Topics
- From keywords
- Business information management · Business information management · Business information management · Business information management · Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Social Science · Social Science · Social Science · Social Science
Provenance · 4 source records, 16 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/32631378 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Deakin Research Online | oai:figshare.com:article/32631378 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| DMU Figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/32631378 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| UCL Research Data Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/32631378 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:350302 | mapping · dro deakin edu au | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['knowledge'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:350302 | mapping · rdr ucl ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['knowledge'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:350302 | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['knowledge'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:350302 | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['knowledge'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · rdr ucl ac uk | connector:rdr_ucl_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · rdr ucl ac uk | connector:rdr_ucl_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/description |
| license_text | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |