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50 Years of ERIC
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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Yarema, Connie H. – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2010
The practice of lesson study, a professional development model originating in Japan, aligns well with recommendations from research for teacher professional development. Lesson study is also an inductive research method that uncovers student thinking and, in parallel, grants teacher-educators the opportunity to study teachers' thinking about…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Mathematics Teachers, Accountability, Faculty Development
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Nickerson, Susan D.; Masarik, Diane K. – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2010
A cohort of middle school mathematics teachers in the U.S. participated in a two-year professional development program that focused on developing a deeper conceptual understanding of the mathematics of middle school with connections to instructional practice. We assessed the teachers' developing interpretive power, specifically developing…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
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Tait-McCutcheon, Sandi – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2010
This paper examines the pedagogical and organisational changes three lead teachers made to their statistics teaching and learning programs. The lead teachers posed the research question: What would the effect of contextually integrating statistical investigations and literacies into other curriculum areas be on student achievement? By finding the…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Integrated Curriculum, Mathematics Achievement
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Lomas, Gregor – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2009
Teacher educators' work with pre-service teachers plays a part in trying to shape the nature of classroom teaching. Their teaching usually follows an established curriculum and delivery that is underpinned by particular theoretical, philosophical or political agendas. In an institution where the teacher education programme is predicated on…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Mathematics Education, Teacher Educators
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Chamberlin, Michelle – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2009
This study examined the impact on 16 middle-school teachers' conceptions of mathematics learning and teaching of reflections on their learning experiences within mathematics professional development. The research questions were: In their reflections, what do teachers express about how they best learned mathematics through these learning…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Mathematics Education, Professional Development, Mathematics Instruction
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Olson, Jo; Barrett, Jeffrey – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2004
Historically, teachers implemented mathematics reform recommendations by infusing new activities into the curriculum. However, mathematics instruction continues to be teacher centred, challenging professional developers to find new ways to encourage teachers' growth. This study used activity-reflective cycles (Tzur & Simon, 1999) to examine…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Coaching (Performance)