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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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"You Just Have to Take a Bit of a Risk Sometimes": Breaking the "Cycle of Tradition" in Primary Mathematics
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Frid, Sandra; Sparrow, Len – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore the mathematics teaching practices of graduates of a pre-service primary/early childhood education program designed to develop teachers' capacities to implement non-traditional mathematics curricula. As a complementary component of a large survey study of graduate teachers, graduates were interviewed to…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
Learning To Assess School Mathematics: Context, Multimedia and Transfer.
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Herrington, Jan; Herrington, Anthony; Sparrow, Len – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2000
Explores the use of a multimedia program on assessment strategies within a preservice teacher mathematics method unit and investigates the extent of transfer to classroom practice. Indicates that all students used a variety of assessment strategies and according to the beliefs of the students themselves, were influenced in their use of strategies…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education