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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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Designing Professional Development to Support Teachers' Learning in Complex Environments
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Goos, Merrilyn; Dole, Shelley; Makar, Katie – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2007
The new Queensland "Mathematics Years 1-10 Syllabus" differs from previous syllabuses in that it has an outcomes structure that describes how students think, reason, and work mathematically. The main challenge for secondary teachers implementing the new syllabus lies in taking a more investigative approach to "working mathematically". This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Mathematics Teachers, Faculty Development
Teacher Collaboration in Developing Rich Assessment Tasks in Mathematics as a Professional Development Activity.
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Dole, Shelley; Nisbet, Steven; Warren, Elizabeth; Cooper, Tom – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 1999
Brings primary and elementary school teachers together to develop a package of exemplary assessment tasks, rich in potential, to provide data on students' mathematical understandings and knowledge while relating to a new assessment framework. Reports on the teachers' reactions to the collaborative writing process and evaluates the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Methods