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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
Connection Levers: Supports for Building Teachers' Confidence and Commitment to Teach Mathematics and Statistics through Inquiry
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Makar, Katie – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2007
Gaps between teaching practices and research recommendations have been well documented. One challenge for research is in understanding the processes and systems that promote a bridging of these gaps. A year-long study with four primary teachers documented ten support mechanisms, or connection levers, that the teachers raised as important for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers, Inquiry