Views of Coaching Practice Expressed by School-Based Coaches

Authors

D. A. Yopp, University of Idaho
E. A. Burroughs, Montana State University
A. Barlow, Middle Tennessee State University
J. T. Sutton, RMC Research Corporation

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

This study reports on the views of coaching expressed by school-based coaches and coaching experts in response to observing the practice of a novice coach featured in a video. Researchers hypothesized that a coach participant's observations about another coach's practice would be a useful tool for examining participants' beliefs about coaching. Researchers compared responses from school-based coaches to the responses of coaching experts and views expressed in leading coaching literature in order to examine the variation in school-based coaches' views. Analysis of responses from both practicing coaches and coaching experts revealed eight themes that describe components of the videotaped coaching cycle: 1) coaching relationships; 2) the use of praise by the coach; 3) discussions of student learning; 4) how coaches respond to teachers' questions; 5) how coaches prompt reflection; 6) how coaches address teacher knowledge and learning; 7) discussions of mathematics content; and, 8) facilitation of the coaching session. The analysis also revealed that these themes correspond to accepted domains of coaching knowledge reported in the coaching literature.

Volume

15

Issue

1

First Page

121

Last Page

146

Rights

© Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25891/10J9-CX28

Recommended Citation

Yopp, D. A.; Burroughs, E. A.; Barlow, A.; and Sutton, J. T. (2015) "Views of Coaching Practice Expressed by School-Based Coaches," Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations: Vol. 15: No. 1, Article 11.
Available at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jmsce_vamsc/vol15/iss1/11