ERIC Number: ED513056
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 149
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ISBN: ISBN-978-1-1092-7487-5
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Factors Impacting Teacher Change during a Mathematics Reform Initiative
Apaza, June A.
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, University of South Dakota
This study examined teacher perceptions of the impact of intervention factors implemented during a grant-funded mathematics education initiative. Participant teachers identified both the interventions that most influenced their initial change to the use of standards-based mathematics practices, as well as the interventions that helped to sustain their use of standards-based mathematics. A researcher-developed survey instrument collected data from 199 elementary classroom teachers who have been involved with a major grant-funded mathematics change initiative, awarded to Rapid City Area Schools in Rapid City, South Dakota. Five-point Likert-type scales measured teacher perceptions of the impact of the following intervention factors: district-level classes, building-level classes, classroom coaching, day to day use of research-based instructional materials, district-level administrative support, building-level administrative support and student success as measured informally by teachers during the day-to-day practice of teaching, student success as measured by formally by the high-stakes state assessment for South Dakota, and student success as measured by a conceptual performance assessment. Overall, the teachers participating in this study reported that the grant had considerable impact on mathematics instruction; interventions were highly valued, and led to a high level of implementation of standards-based mathematics. Basic users, who are in the early stages of implementing standards-based mathematics, find day-to-day use of tested, research-based instructional materials; student learning as measured informally by teachers during the day-to-day practice of teaching; district-level classes; and district-level administrative support to have considerable impact prompting the initial change to standards-based mathematics. Advanced users, who are in the later stages of implementing standards-based mathematics, find day-to-day use of tested, research-based instructional materials; student learning as measured informally by teachers during the day-to-day practice of teaching; district-level classes; classroom coaching; district-level administrative support; and student success as measured by formally by the high-stakes state assessment for South Dakota to have considerable impact on the sustained use of standards-based mathematics. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Intervention, Performance Based Assessment, Academic Standards, Likert Scales, Program Effectiveness, Instructional Materials, Educational Change, Teacher Attitudes, Surveys, Elementary School Teachers, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Teachers
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Dakota
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