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Lovett, Susan; Davey, Ronnie – Professional Development in Education, 2009
This paper focuses on the experiences of a group of beginning secondary school English teachers involved in "Making a Difference", a national New Zealand study of the influence of initial teacher education and beginning teacher induction on teachers' early development as professionals. Rich data drawn from three rounds of interviews with…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Specialists, English Teachers
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Feuerborn, Laura L.; Chinn, Donald; Morlan, Garvin – Professional Development in Education, 2009
This study is an evaluation on whether middle-level mathematics teachers' participation in a week-long in-service course on middle-level mathematics concepts increases their understanding of this content. A secondary purpose of this study is an exploration of teacher perceptions before and after the institute via self-report surveys. Participants…
Descriptors: Test Results, Mathematics Teachers, Probability, Teacher Attitudes
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Jones, Elizabeth; Hampton, Eric M.; Brown, Elizabeth M.; Leinenbach, Marylin T. – Professional Development in Education, 2009
Sixty-five fourth-grade, fifth-grade and sixth-grade teachers in the Midwestern United States participated in professional development opportunities designed to increase their mathematics content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge over a two-year series of workshops. Through the use of pre-tests and post-tests assessing content knowledge and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Workshops, Grade 5