Instructional Quality Features in Videotaped Biology Lessons: Content-Independent Description of Characteristics

Tobias Dorfner1, Christian Förtsch1, William J. Boone2, Birgit J. Neuhaus1
1Biology Education, Department I, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
2Department of Educational Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, USA

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