Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
Exploring mathematical knowledge for teaching quadratic functions through student work |
2020 |
550 |
The ways teachers understand mathematics that is useful for teaching, known as mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT), has been a center of attention for the research and policy communities. A teacher’s MKT has been shown to be a significant facto... |
Elementary teachers’ participation in mathematics professional learning tasks |
2016 |
808 |
Recent work by some researchers has involved decomposing the profession of teaching into core practices that can be discussed and accessed by novice teachers that can help them gain expertise in these practices. Core practices are central to the work... |
The mathematics district leader research group : building the capacity of mathematics district leaders to engage with educational research |
2021 |
146 |
One requirement put forth by national and state-level policy (e.g., Every Student Succeeds Act) is that practitioners use educational research to inform their decisions and instruction. Mathematics district leaders have been identified as pivotal ind... |
Facilitation of Mathematics Professional Development: a case study of supporting teachers’ learning of the core practice of leading mathematical discussions |
2016 |
963 |
Though there is a growing knowledge base emerging on Mathematics Professional Development (MPD), little is known about the practice of facilitating teachers learning in MPD. The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of facilitating practice... |