ERIC Number: EJ1087710
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Assessing Teacher Change in Facilitating Mathematizing in Urban Middle Schools: Results of an Effective Professional Development Program
Tarlow, Lynn D.
Current Issues in Middle Level Education, v19 n2 p9-12 2014
This study documents the change in teaching practices of a group of mathematics teachers in urban middle schools as they participated in a program of professional development to promote standards-based learning environments. The teachers made a shift in their classroom practice from a traditional, didactic lecture approach towards a role of facilitating conditions suitable for students' explorations and mathematizing. The stages of development the teachers experienced are described with regard to three critical domains: Pedagogy, Use of Mathematical Tasks, and Focus on Mathematics.
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Urban Schools, Teaching Methods, Concept Formation, Mathematics Instruction, Case Studies, Faculty Development
National Association of Professors of Middle Level Education. Web site: http://www.napomle.org/journal.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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