Nathan Jones

Practice-Based, Online Modules for Expediting Teacher Skill Development

Julie Cohen, Nathan Jones, Vivian C. Wong, Alexa Quinn, Steffen Erickson, Hallie Parten, Marissa Pilger Suhr. April 2026

Topics: Teacher and Leader Development

Tags: Instructional coaching, Instructional practices, Professional development

The time available for preservice teacher education is increasingly limited. Teacher preparation programs must find innovative ways to develop teachers’ skills within contracted timeframes. One approach is to cover content with online modules. However, most modules teach about skills but do not… more →
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Institutions: University of Virginia, Boston University, James Madison University, University of Washington
The Promises and Pitfalls of Using Language Models to Measure Instruction Quality in Education

Paiheng Xu, Jing Liu, Nathan Jones, Julie Cohen, Wei Ai. April 2024

Topics: Methods

Tags: Instructional technology, Instructional practices, Assessment

Assessing instruction quality is a fundamental component of any improvement efforts in the education system. However, traditional manual assessments are expensive, subjective, and heavily dependent on observers’ expertise and idiosyncratic factors, preventing teachers from getting timely and… more →
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Institutions: University of Maryland, Boston University, University of Virginia