Increasing Teacher Preparedness Through Effective Student Teaching
Category: Teacher and Leader Development
Instrument Overview
The Inquiry Science Instruction Observation Protocol (ISIOP) is a structured classroom observation measure for middle and high school science. The measure is used to identify the nature and extent of inquiry science instruction.
Organization
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Schooling ; Teaching ; Classroom Instruction
Languages
English
Respondent
Observer
Administration Information
Length
70-75 Items depending on grade level and content area
Access and Use
Contact
Jackie DeLisi, jdelisi@edc.org
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Mikeska, J. N., Holtzman, S., McCaffrey, D. F., Liu, S., & Shattuck, T. (2019). Using classroom observations to evaluate science teaching: Implications of lesson sampling for measuring science teaching effectiveness across lesson types. Science Education, 103(1), 123-144. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21482 Mikeska, J. N., Shattuck, T., Holtzman, S., McCaffrey, D. F., Duchesneau, N., Qi, Y., & Stickler, L. (2017). Understanding science teaching effectiveness: examining how science-specific and generic instructional practices relate to student achievement in secondary science classrooms. International Journal of Science Education, 39(18), 2594-2623. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2017.1390796
Setting
Classroom
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Karelitz, T. M., Hirsch, L., DeLisi, J., & Minner, D. (2010). ISIOP technical report: Initial psychometric testing results. Waltham, MA: Education Development Center, Inc.
Minner, D., & J. DeLisi. (2010). ISIOP technical report: Conceptual framework. Waltham, MA: Education Development Center, Inc.
Minner, D., & J. DeLisi. (2012a). Inquiring into science instruction observation protocol (ISIOP) data collection instrument. Waltham, MA: Education Development Center, Inc.
Minner, D., & J. DeLisi. (2012b) Inquiring into science instruction observation protocol (ISIOP) user‘s manual. Waltham, MA: Education Development Center, Inc.
