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Hill, Heather C.; Ball, Deborah Loewenberg – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2004
Widespread agreement exists that U.S. teachers need improved mathematics knowledge for teaching. Over the past decade, policymakers have funded a range of professional development efforts designed to address this need. However, there has been little success in determining whether and when teachers develop mathematical knowledge from professional…
Descriptors: Workshops, Program Length, Faculty Development, Mathematics Education
Athanases, Steven Z. – Multicultural Education, 2006
The purpose of this study is to strengthen teachers' knowledge of multicultural literature for use with high school students in a highly diverse, high needs urban school district through a university-schools partnership. A core English group of 15-20 members of a university-schools partnership met in monthly department-based and periodic…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Experience, Literature, Group Discussion