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Schoen, Robert C.; LaVenia, Mark; Chicken, Eric; Razzouk, Rabieh; Kisa, Zahid – Cogent Education, 2019
Reflecting growing emphasis on data analysis and statistical thinking in the information age, mathematics curriculum standards in the U.S. have recently increased expectations for student learning in the domain of statistics and probability. More than 180 teachers in 36 public school districts in Florida applied for a two-week summer institute…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Statistics, Probability, Professional Development
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Kaplan, Jeffrey S. – Theory Into Practice, 2008
This article describes an effort to create a teacher learning community in which university and local school teachers worked together to improve the teaching of writing at elementary and secondary levels. I describe how a university's National Writing Project (NWP) engaged in developing a cadre of selected teachers to share understandings about…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Writing Instruction, Communities of Practice
Patterson, Brian; Laitusis, Vytas – College Board, 2006
Continuing professional development is an important activity for most teachers in the K-12 system, and it is even required of some teachers in order to maintain certification (Maldonado, 2002). Professional development programs are predicated on the assumption that the teachers who receive the training will in turn positively affect student…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Professional Development, Program Effectiveness, College Entrance Examinations