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Melissa King – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2024
Professional learning that includes coaching is an effective method of supporting teachers to make changes to their teaching practice. This article provides an overview of the initial in-situ professional learning and coaching in a primary school in Western Sydney facilitated by a Mathematics Teaching Educator. In this article I present the…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Change
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Yelitza Freitas; Fernando Martins; Silvia-Natividad Moral-Sánchez; Francisco-José Ruiz-Rey – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: This article aims to identify and analyze the actions of a trainee teacher in orchestrating mathematical discussions in an Exploratory Teaching environment. Materials/methods: This qualitative study of an interpretative nature and case study design focuses on analyzing the content of four Multimodal Narratives. Results: The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Questioning Techniques, Learning Processes
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Kaup, Camilla; Brooks, Eva – Designs for Learning, 2022
Computational thinking (CT) has become central to introducing digital artefacts for educational use. However, little is known about implementing CT in the mathematical school curriculum, and many educational staff members have not been introduced to CT in their initial training. Introducing CT in an educational setting calls for interventions that…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Education, Intervention
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Cotabish, Alicia; Dailey, Deborah; Hughes, Gail D.; Robinson, Ann – Research in the Schools, 2011
In order to increase the quality and quantity of science instruction, elementary teachers must receive professional development in science learning processes. The current study was part of a larger randomized field study of teacher and student learning in science. In two districts in a southern state, researchers randomly assigned teacher…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Faculty Development, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
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Fang, Yanping – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2010
This study examines the mediating role of homework in the daily practice of a middle-school mathematics teacher and her colleagues in Shanghai. It aims to explore how a system of homework activities mediates and engenders a cultural pedagogy characterized by transforming errors into resources for teaching and learning. The transformation itself…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Homework, Learning Processes, Geometric Concepts
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Gillanders, Cristina; Mason, Erin; Ritchie, Sharon – Young Children, 2011
FirstSchool is a school reform approach to early schooling for children 3 to 8 years old. It was developed over the past five years through a collaborative partnership among families, schools, communities, and institutions of higher education. The approach responds to the needs of all young children--especially in African American or Latino…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Teacher Competencies, Educational Research