Does VAM + MET = Improved Teaching?

James W. Stigler, James Hiebert, Karen B. Givvin

Improvement Science

Stigler, J. W., Hiebert, J., & Givvin, K. B. (2017). Does VAM+ MET= improved teaching?. In Teachers, Teaching, and Reform (pp. 56-74). Routledge.

The paper discusses the logic of the more traditional approach on which many current policies for improving teaching in the United States are based and then presents an alternative research approach, in which a different theory of improvement is assumed.