EXPLORING THE USE OF CLINICAL INTERVIEWS IN TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

Many consider records of practice a powerful means for not only promoting teacher growth but for assessing teacher growth as well. Video or audio-recordings of clinical interviews are one such record of practice. This discussion group will provide an opportunity to consider the value of records of clinical interviews for teacher educators and researchers. We hope that colleagues who have used other records of practice will join us in exploring the ways in which records of clinical interviews differ from and augment other records of practice as a research instrument and a professional development tool. One-on-one clinical interviews with students have most typically been promoted for helping teachers understand how children think about mathematics (Buschman, 2001