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Snapshots of a Mathematics Teacher: Some Preliminary Data from the Mathematics Teaching Project.
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Hoyles, Celia; And Others – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1985
Information is presented from a three-year research investigation in London which aims to characterize good mathematics teachers. Teacher, pupil, and classroom perspectives are each included for one teacher. (MNS)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Research, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
The Curricular Shaping of Students' Approaches To Proof.
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Hoyles, Celia – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1997
Presents the view that deductive mathematical proof offers the purest form of how to distinguish right from wrong. Investigates students' understandings of proof and the proving process in mathematics. Contains 32 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Mathematics Teaching and Mathematics Teachers: A Meta-Case Study.
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Hoyles, Celia – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1992
Presents a theoretical framework for mathematics teaching research based on a content analysis of Psychology of Mathematics Education proceedings since 1979 and a selection of work outside mathematics education. Discusses the relationship between teachers' beliefs and teacher practice, the relationship between teachers' beliefs and innovation, and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Analysis
Steering between Skills and Creativity: A Role for the Computer?
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Hoyles, Celia – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2001
The mathematical curriculum of the next millennium should harness children's motivation without losing their mathematics. Envisages that the computer might offer just the context to help do this. Presents snapshots from two case studies. (Contains 18 references.) (ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education