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Thomas-Browne, Carmen G.; Boston, Melissa D.; Parke, Carol S. – Urban Education, 2023
In this article, we describe the development of a survey intended to assess teachers' perceptions on teaching mathematics to African American students. Research on productive and unproductive mindsets that affect teachers' ways of being in the classroom guided the design of the survey. We share results from three-survey administrations with two…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, African American Students
Boston, Melissa D.; Wilhelm, Anne Garrison – Urban Education, 2017
Direct assessments of instructional practice (e.g., classroom observations) are necessary to identify and eliminate opportunity gaps in students' learning of mathematics. This study examined 114 middle school mathematics classrooms in four instructionally focused urban districts. Results from the Instructional Quality Assessment identified high…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools, Urban Schools