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ERIC Number: EJ529996
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1954
Assisting Teachers and Students to Reform the Mathematics Classroom.
Brown, Catherine A.; And Others
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v31 n1-2 p63-93 Sep 1996
This study examined the usefulness of selected aspects of Tharp and Gallimore's theory of assistance as a theoretical framework for describing and analyzing change efforts in a middle school mathematics reform project. One particular classroom assistance activity is presented and analyzed in terms of characteristics of assistance that should lead to significant learning. (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools, Professional Development, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: QUASAR Project (Mathematics Education); Reform Efforts; Teacher Change
Note: Special issue: "Socio-Cultural Approaches to Mathematics Teaching and Learning."