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Linking Pedagogy, Technology and Space Observational Metric

Novel observational metric that records, compiles and produces a visual breakdown of teacher and student activity in the classroom

The LPTS observational metric tracks the frequency and duration of a broad range of observable teacher and student actions. The macro-enabled Microsoft Excel platform uses a series of stopwatches to time student and teacher activity and behaviours across five domains (pedagogy, learning experiences, communities of learning, and student and teacher use of technology)

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Overview

HundrED shortlisted this innovation

HundrED has shortlisted this innovation to one of its innovation collections. The information on this page has been checked by HundrED.

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2016

Established

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Updated
February 2018

About the innovation

Linking Pedagogy, Technology and Space (LPTS) Real-Time Observational Metric

The LPTS observational metric can track and analyses the behaviour of both teachers and students in any classroom, anywhere and anytime without costly technology or software. It uses the Microsoft Excel platform to present a timed breakdown of activities, rather than a qualitative descriptive account of this behaviour.

Both the Learner’s Perspective Study (Clarke, Keitel, & Shimizu, 2006) and the International Society for Technology in Education Classroom Observational Tool (ICOT) (Bielefeldt, 2012) informed the design, function, and output of the LPTS metric. These earlier examples employed a more numerical approach to tracking the difference in activities and behaviours in specific situations.

The LPTS metric records, compiles and then produces a proportionate visual breakdown of the observed lesson. The use of timed activity reduces the potential influence of observer inference (Clarke et al., 2006). It enables a single observer to time the actions and behaviours associated with five domains: pedagogy; learning experiences; communities of learning; and student and teacher use of technology. For easy interpretation and comprehension, the design of the LPTS metric produces a single and/or paired observation visual breakdown in the form of bar graphs. Also, the complication of numerous observations for the same teacher and Faculty enabled efficient visual analysis.

During its development, the LPTS metric was piloted with three observers. Using the recommendations made by Bielefeldt (2012), the comparison of chi-square frequencies of the ratings of 9 teachers (not participants in this study) was made. The difference in recorded times from the three observers were not statistically significant (p > .05). This pilot testing suggested the LPTS metric had adequate interrater reliability, similar to that found by Bielefeldt with the original ICOT (Bielefeldt, 2012).

Implementation steps

Get in contact
The LPTS observational metric is freely availableto any school to use. If you are interested, get in contact, and the metric and a series of 'How To' Tutorials are shared.
What the 'How To' Tutorials
These 3 'How To' tutorials introduce the LPTS metric, how to use it in a classroom setting and then the process in easily disseminated the visual lesson breakdown to classroom teachers.
Use the metric
Once you have watched the 3 tutorials, download the metric and start observing your peers.

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