National Board Certified Teachers and Non-National Board Certified Teachers: Is There a Difference in Teacher Effectiveness and Student Achievement?

Teaching efficacy beliefs of national board certified physical educators

“…In an initial comprehensive study, candidates who achieved NBC were compared with those who failed to gain NBC; results showed that GTE and PTE significantly different between the groups (Freund et al, 2005). Other research, however, found no statistical difference in the efficacy beliefs between NBCT and their non-certified colleagues (Stronge et al, 2008). Thus, further research is warranted to clearly determine the role of teaching efficacy and achieved NBC.…”

“…According to the National Research Council, NBPTS certification is an important means of identifying highly skilled teachers (Hakel, Koenig, & Elliott, 2008). States and school districts throughout the USA rely heavily on NBC as a means of identifying teachers with accomplished practice (Stronge et al, 2008). Identification of such teachers is important, as mounting evidence suggests that teacher quality is the most significant factor affecting student achievement (Goldhaber & Anthony, 2007;Hanushek, 1992).…”

Teacher enthusiasm: a potential cure of academic cheating

“…In the present study, we intend to focus on the externally visible forms of enthusiasm instead of the subjective experience of teachers because we are afraid of social desirability biases and ceiling effect regarding self-reports of teachers concerning their enthusiasm. 1 Despite several educational textbooks claim that one of the keys of effective teaching is enthusiasm ( Wong and Wong, 2001 ; Stronge et al, 2004 ; Brophy, 2006 ), only a few empirical studies were carried out to measure the effect of teacher enthusiasm on students’ motivations, goals, and classroom behavior. However, all interpretation of teacher enthusiasm can have beneficial consequences concerning students’ and pupils’ learning-related emotions which are less examined in the literature of educational psychology than negative forms of learning-related emotions ( Paoloni, 2014 ).…”

National Board Certification for Physical Education Teachers

“…For example, Stronge et al (2007) found that NBCTs did not demonstrate significantly better rates of academic progress as compared with students of non-NBCTs. Despite the inconsistent findings in the research in relation to general education, understanding the relationship between NBCT status and student achievement is important for several reasons, not the least of which holds implications for policies that result in financial support and incentives for NBC (Woods & Rhoades, 2010).…”