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Mathematics in Initial Teacher Education Programs in Sweden, Germany, and Australia
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Cooke, Audrey; Jenßen, Lars; Norén, Eva Norén – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2019
International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics and their attitudes towards, confidence with and anxiety to mathematics have a long history. Likewise, detailed international comparisons of teacher education programs have also been conducted. However, the relationship between the teacher education programs and teacher anxiety for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Education Programs, Cultural Differences
Exploring the Beliefs of Preservice Teachers: The Nature and Learning of Mathematics and Student Achievement in Mathematics
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Bentley, Sage – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to identify the beliefs of preservice mathematics teachers with regards to the nature of mathematics, the learning of mathematics, and student achievement in mathematics. Past research indicates that teacher beliefs affect the way they teach as well as influence the students they instruct (Schoenfeld 1992; Thompson…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Academic Achievement
Equations and Inequalities: Making Mathematics Accessible to All. PISA
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Piacentini, Mario; Monticone, Chiara – OECD Publishing, 2016
More than ever, students need to engage with mathematics concepts, think quantitatively and analytically, and communicate using mathematics. All these skills are central to a young person's preparedness to tackle problems that arise at work and in life beyond the classroom. But the reality is that many students are not familiar with basic…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
A Study of Equity in Mathematics Education: Lessons from Japan for U.S. Teacher Preparation
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Furuto, Linda H. L. – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2015
This study comes at an opportune moment for Japanese and U.S. educators, policymakers, and researchers given the trends of global policy and equity-based reform. Discussions of academic achievement in both societies allow us to examine accessibility in mathematics education in order to best prepare teachers to serve the needs of students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Equal Education, Educational Change
50 Years of JBE: The Evolution of Biology as a School Subject
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Jenkins, Edgar – Journal of Biological Education, 2016
When the "Journal of Biological Education" was first published in 1967, biology was still very much the Cinderella of the three school sciences in many countries. Most selective secondary school biology courses readily betrayed their origins as an unconvincing coalition of botany and zoology. In the non-selective secondary modern…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Biological Sciences, Science Education History, Science Education
Cultural Historical Analysis of Iranian School Mathematics Curriculum: The Role of Computational Thinking
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Rafiepour, Abolfazl; Farsani, Danyal – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2021
In this paper, six mathematics curriculum changes in Iran will be reviewed, spanning from 1900 until the present time. At first, change forces, barriers, and the main features of each curriculum reform will be represented. The first five curriculum changes are described briefly and the sixth and most recent curriculum reform will be elaborated. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Computation