ERIC Number: EJ1125190
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jan
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Supporting Kindergarten Teachers' Mathematics Instruction and Student Achievement through a Curriculum-Based Professional Development Program
Polly, Drew; Wang, Chuang; Lambert, Richard; Martin, Christie; McGee, Jennifer Richardson; Pugalee, David; Lehew, Amy
Early Childhood Education Journal, v45 n1 p121-131 Jan 2017
This study investigates the impacts of a year-long professional development program on Kindergarten teachers' beliefs and practices and the association of these changes with student achievement in mathematics measured by curriculum-based instruments. Although teacher content knowledge was not statistically significantly different before and after participation in the program, changes in teachers' beliefs and practices were both noticed: a trend towards discovery/connectionist orientation and student-centered practices. Teachers' gain scores on a measure of mathematics content knowledge was positively related to the linear growth rate of student achievement.
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Faculty Development, Curriculum Based Assessment, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Practices, Discovery Learning, Student Centered Learning, Scores, Educational Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Kindergarten; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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