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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Importance of Teachers' Mathematical Awareness for In-the-Moment Pedagogy
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Mason, John; Davis, Brent – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2013
We propose that what teachers can say or write about their views of mathematics and about a range of pedagogic strategies and didactic tactics that they use is of minor importance compared to what comes to mind moment by moment when they are planning or leading a lesson. Beginning with a quote from a teacher that provoked a focus on the role and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Teachers
Student-Generated Examples in the Learning of Mathematics.
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Watson, Anne; Mason, John – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2002
Points out the effectiveness of student-generated examples as a teaching tool. Examines the roles played by examples constructed and generated by students, illustrates and analyzes the use of this tool, and develops a theory for the act of exemplification as an act of cognition. Introduces a framework developed for this work. (Contains 39…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Learning