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The Scientist in the Classroom Partnership Program: An Innovative Teacher Professional Development Model
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Ufnar, Jennifer A.; Shepherd, Virginia L. – Professional Development in Education, 2019
This article presents an in-depth study supporting the Scientist in the Classroom Partnership (SCP) program as a model of effective professional development (PD) for K-12 teachers. The goal of this study was to determine the core and structural features of the SCP program necessary for effective teacher PD. The SCP partners a classroom teacher…
Descriptors: Scientists, Partnerships in Education, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
Collaborative Professional Development for Statistics Teaching: A Case Study of Two Middle-School Mathematics Teachers
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de Oliveira Souza, Leandro; Lopes, Celi Espasandin; Pfannkuch, Maxine – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2015
The recent introduction of statistics into the Brazilian curriculum has presented a multi-problematic situation for teacher professional development. Drawing on research in the areas of teacher development and statistical inquiry, we propose a Teacher Professional Development Cycle (TPDC) model. This paper focuses on two teachers who planned a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Case Studies