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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1946-2077
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Impediments, Supports, and Suggestions for Effective Teaching of Mathematics: What Urban Teachers and Principals Say
McVarish, Judith; Ely, Margot; Signer, Barbara
Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, v2 p204-216 2006
This study rests on written statements made by New York City teachers and administrators. The study documents what a sample of urban teachers of mathematics and school principals in elementary, middle, and high schools state are: impediments of, as well as supports to, their productive teaching of mathematics, and their suggestions of what is needed to help promote the productive teaching of mathematics. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Urban Teaching, Urban Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Role, Principals, Barriers, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Student Characteristics, Teacher Responsibility, Administrator Responsibility
AERA SIG: Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research. Tel: 323-343-4393; Web site: http://aera-ultr.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers; Administrators
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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