TY - JOUR TI - Experimenting With Teacher Professional Development: Motives and Methods AU - Wayne, Andrew J. AU - Yoon, Kwang Suk AU - Zhu, Pei AU - Cronen, Stephanie AU - Garet, Michael S. T2 - Educational Researcher AB - 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 of effective PD, there is limited evidence on the specific features that make a difference for achievement. This article explains the benefits offered by experiments in addressing current research needs and?for those conducting and interpreting such studies?discusses the unique methodological issues encountered when experimental methods are applied to the study of PD. DA - 2008/11/01/ PY - 2008 DO - 10.3102/0013189X08327154 DP - SAGE Journals VL - 37 IS - 8 SP - 469 EP - 479 J2 - Educational Researcher SN - 0013-189X ST - Experimenting With Teacher Professional Development UR - https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X08327154 Y2 - 2020/05/15/11:53:08 KW - C:United States / International ER -