Development and Technical Characteristics of a Team Decision-Making Assessment Tool: Decision Observation, Recording, and Analysis (DORA)

Autor/inn/en	Algozzine, Bob; Newton, J. Stephen; Horner, Robert H.; Todd, Anne W.; Algozzine, Kate
Titel	Development and Technical Characteristics of a Team Decision-Making Assessment Tool: Decision Observation, Recording, and Analysis (DORA)
Quelle	In: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 30 (2012) 3, S.237-249 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-2829
DOI	10.1177/0734282911423884
Schlagwörter	Psychoeducational Methods; Observation; Response to Intervention; Psychometrics; Problem Solving; Teamwork; Decision Making; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Professional Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Beobachtung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Problemlösen; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz
Abstract	Problem solving is fundamental to psychoeducational assessment practices and generally grounded in activities related to identifying problems, developing and refining hypotheses, generating solutions, developing and implementing actions, and evaluating outcomes. While the process is central to response-to-intervention practices as well, little research has addressed the form, content, or outcomes of decision-making teams as they operate in schools. One barrier to building a program of research on team problem solving has been the absence of a credible and feasible measure of team performance. We developed the Decision Observation, Recording, and Analysis (DORA) tool to document problem-solving behaviors during team meetings. We were interested in evaluating problem solving during team meetings that focus on academic and behavior concerns in school. We describe the development and preliminary psychometric data for DORA in this article. Our discussion focuses on the implications of DORA for expanding the study of team processes and for improvement of problem-solving practices in schools. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10