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Li, Danyang; Ding, Meixia; Cai, Jinfa – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2022
Collaborative learning has been advocated for the last several decades. However, classroom practice has indicated that this method often comes with challenges and low efficiency, suggesting the need for better support for teachers. The aim of this study is to explore teachers' learning about collaborative learning in a professional development…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Xie, Shengying; Cai, Jinfa – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2021
This study serves two purposes. The first purpose is the development and validation of a Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs Scale (MTBS). In addition to providing a valid and reliable MTBS instrument, this study provides information on the process of developing and validating the instrument, which shall be useful for the development and validation of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, High School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Wu, Yingkang; Cai, Jinfa – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2022
The knowledge and skills that mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) need to have for teaching mathematics teaching is a fundamental issue that influences their preparation and development. In particular, considering that mathematics teaching comprises MTEs' teaching work, do MTEs need to have school teaching experience and, if so, in what ways does…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary Education
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Peng, Aihui; Li, Mengdie; Lin, Lin; Cao, Li; Cai, Jinfa – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2022
This study examined characteristics of problem posing and its relationship with the teaching experience of elementary school mathematics teachers from ethnic minority areas in the Southwest of China. Eighty-one (N = 81) elementary school mathematics teachers responded to a task-based questionnaire and posed mathematical problems based on given…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Minority Group Students
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Wang, Ning; Cai, Jinfa – Journal of Research in Education, 2018
This study identified some factors associated with teachers' knowledge and beliefs that are related to scoring mathematics constructed-response (CR) assessment tasks. Five groups of teachers (n = 274) who either had different teaching experiences or had different cultural beliefs about teaching and learning mathematics were selected to score 28…
Descriptors: Scoring, Statistical Analysis, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Experience