In Team-Teaching, Two or More Teachers Lead a Class

question 70

Essay

In team-teaching, two or more teachers lead a class. A researcher tested the use of team-teaching in mathematics education. Two of the variables measured on each teacher in a sample of 169 mathematics teachers were years of teaching experience x and reported success rate y (measured as a percentage) of team-teaching mathematics classes. The correlation coefficient for the sample data was reported as r = -0.34. Interpret this result.

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