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Revealing Theory and Enhancing Practice: The Purdue Problem-Centered Mathematics Curriculum Project
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Berry, Betsy; Merkel, Graceann; Uerkwitz, Janell – Theory Into Practice, 2023
In this article, we explore Terry Wood's participation in the Purdue Problem-Centered Mathematics Curriculum Project, along with the rich and enduring personal and professional friendships that she built with the classroom teachers who were so important to the project. We highlight connections between these working relationships and the research…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Problem Based Learning, Mathematics Curriculum, College School Cooperation
Examining the Role Played by Resources, Goals and Orientations in Primary Teachers' Decision- Making for Problem-Solving Lesson Plans
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José Luis Lupiáñez; Daniela Olivares; Isidoro Segovia – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2024
The decisions that teachers make in transforming the curriculum into specific lesson plans determine the real enactment or otherwise of curricular ideals. These decisions are shaped by the resources available and by each teacher's goals and orientations. This exploratory study employs Schoenfeld's decision-making model to examine how resources,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Decision Making, Goal Orientation, Problem Solving
DDD-E Model: Teaching Four Arithmetic Operations in Decimal Expressions Using the Problem-Based Learning Approach
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Atahan, Seyma; Mert Uyangör, Sevinç – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2021
In this study, it is aimed to reveal students' attitudes and views on a micro-lesson design application in accordance with the DDD-E model in which the Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach is integrated. In the study, a micro-level instructional design that addressed the outcomes of the subject "Four Arithmetic Operations in Decimals"…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Based Learning, Attitude Measures
Connected Mathematics Project (CMP). What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report. Updated
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2017
"Connected Mathematics Project" (CMP) is a math curriculum for students in grades 6-8. It uses interactive problems and everyday situations to explore mathematical ideas, with a goal of fostering a problem-centered, inquiry-based learning environment. At each grade level, the curriculum covers numbers, algebra, geometry/measurement,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Messy but Meaningful: Exploring the Transition to Reform-Based Pedagogy with Teachers of Mathematics and Coordinators in Ontario, Canada
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Jarvis, Daniel – Teacher Development, 2016
The RE4MUL8 Project involved the creation of an online/mobile resource for Intermediate Division (Grade 7 and 8) teachers of mathematics. This resource showcases video documentaries of seven key mathematics topic lessons (fractions, integers, proportional reasoning, composite shapes and solids, solving equations, and, patterning and algebraic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction
The Impact of Problem-Based Learning Curricula and Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching on the Mathematical Development of Second Grade Students
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Trinter, Christine P. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The results from the 2007 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) revealed that the scores of fourth grade students in the 90th percentile showed no measurable change from the results of the first TIMSS assessment in 1995. Contrarily, the scores of the lowest performing fourth graders showed statistically significant…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Mathematics Education, Problem Based Learning, Grade 4