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Nikula, Johannah; DePiper, Jill Neumayer; Driscoll, Mark – Educational Leadership, 2020
Three mathematics education researchers discuss their findings on the use of diagrams in math instruction for English language learners. The authors show how diagrams can help students who are English learners better develop mathematical thinking and communicate their mathematical understanding.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Education, Mathematical Models
Nikula, Johannah; Neumayer DePiper, Jill; Driscoll, Mark – Grantee Submission, 2020
This article provides information to educational leaders about how to address the challenge of supporting students who are emergent multilingual--i.e., those identified as English Learners (ELs) by their schools--in middle grades mathematics classes. The ideas in this article draw on research and collaborations with hundreds of teachers across the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Education, Mathematical Models
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Neumayer DePiper, Jill; Louie, Josephine; Nikula, Johannah; Buffington, Pamela; Tierney-Fife, Peter; Driscoll, Mark – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2021
Teachers' confidence and facility with strategies that position and support students who are English learners (ELs) as active participants in middle grades mathematics classrooms are key to facilitating ELs' mathematics learning. The Visual Access to Mathematics (VAM) project developed and studied teacher professional development (PD) focused on…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Self Efficacy, Teaching Methods, Student Needs
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Seago, Nanette; Jacobs, Jennifer; Driscoll, Mark – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2010
Although there are increasing numbers of professional development (PD) materials intended to foster teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching within the topics of number and algebra, little attention has been given to geometry. In this article we describe the Learning and Teaching Geometry project's approach to the development of PD materials…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Geometry, Educational Change, Middle School Teachers
Driscoll, Mark J. – Principal Leadership, 2008
Because the author and his colleagues at the Center for Leadership and Learning Communities believe that instructional coaching is one of the most exciting developments in education in a long time, they have examined the questions this new strategy has raised for education leaders: Should coaching replace some traditional forms of teacher…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Development, Coaching (Performance), Instructional Improvement
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Driscoll, Mark – Mathematics Teacher, 1995
Discusses the integration of assessment into instruction using a four-step framework: planning the activity, gathering evidence, interpreting evidence, and using evidence. (MKR)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Misconceptions
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Jason, Leonard A.; Pokorny, Steven B.; Turner, Paul L.; Freeland, Margaret; Corbin, Sara; Driscoll, Mark – Education & Treatment of Children, 2005
This brief paper reports the results of two observational studies examining the impact of fines for youth tobacco possession on public smoking among youth. Preliminary findings are presented that suggest that when police issued warnings and tickets to reduce underage youth possession of tobacco, in both towns the number of youth smoking in public…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Smoking, Public Policy, Youth