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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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Exploring Ava's Developing Sense for Tasks That May Occasion Mathematical Creativity
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Levenson, Esther – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2015
This study explores the relationship between participating in a graduate course aimed at enhancing teachers' theoretical and practical knowledge of mathematical creativity and one teacher's changing perspectives regarding mathematical creativity and tasks that may occasion mathematical creativity. Results indicated that perceptions of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Graduate Study, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Creativity
Bringing the Teacher into Teacher Preparation: Learning from Mentor Teachers in Joint Methods Activities
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Wood, Marcy B.; Turner, Erin E. – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2015
Studies of mathematics teacher preparation frequently lament the divide between the more theoretically based university methods course and the practically grounded classroom field experience. In many instances, attempts to mediate this gap involve creating hybrid or third spaces, which seek to dissipate the differences in knowledge status as…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mentors, Preservice Teachers
Changing the Teaching of Mathematics for Improved Indigenous Education in a Rural Australian City
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Owens, Kay – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2015
Transforming teachers and their approach to teaching Indigenous students requires partnerships with the Indigenous community, planning, small steps, and funds. This article illustrates how teachers can change when funds are available to assist schools and communities to implement appropriate and effective professional development, to establish…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Teaching Methods, Culturally Relevant Education, School Community Relationship
What Are They Asking? An Analysis of the Questions Planned by Prospective Teachers When Integrating Literature in Mathematics
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Purdum-Cassidy, Barbara; Nesmith, Suzanne; Meyer, Rachelle D.; Cooper, Sandi – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2015
Questioning is considered a powerful tool in mediating students' knowledge construction and conceptual understanding. In this qualitative study, the mathematics-focused lesson plans of elementary education prospective teachers provided data to determine the ways that the approach of literature integration in mathematics influenced prospective…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Lesson Plans, Mathematics Instruction, Concept Formation