The University of Kentucky provides an alternative certification program to prepare teacher candidates in moderate and severe disabilities. Observations occur every semester that candidates are in the 2-year program and must be conducted all across Kentucky, often many miles away from campus. University researchers placed cameras in the classrooms of teacher candidates and measured reliability of teacher observations conducted face-to-face and remotely. The researchers also surveyed perceptions of the teacher candidates and university observers and analyzed the cost-effectiveness of the two observation methods. The results indicated that the observers achieved similar results on an observation form regardless of the observation method used. The remote observations were the most cost efficient of the two methods both monetarily and in the time commitment needed by the observers. The findings include the perceptions of the teacher candidates and university observers for benefits and challenges of each observation method.

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在替代认证计划中对教师候选人进行远程观察与面对面观察的评估

肯塔基大学提供替代认证计划，为中度和重度残疾教师候选人做好准备。每学期都会观察到候选人是否参加了 2 年计划，并且必须在肯塔基州各地进行，通常离校园很远。大学研究人员在教师候选人的教室里放置了摄像头，并测量了教师面对面和远程进行观察的可靠性。研究人员还调查了教师候选人和大学观察员的看法，并分析了两种观察方法的成本效益。结果表明，无论使用何种观察方法，观察者在观察形式上都获得了相似的结果。远程观察是这两种方法中最具成本效益的，无论是在金钱上还是在观察者所需的时间投入方面。调查结果包括教师候选人和大学观察员对每种观察方法的好处和挑战的看法。