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Heck, Daniel J.; Plumley, Courtney L.; Stylianou, Despina A.; Smith, Adrienne A.; Moffett, Gwendolyn – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2019
Professional learning experiences (PLEs) provide teachers with opportunities to improve their understanding of mathematics content and teaching practices. However, PLEs are often conducted in person and in small groups--hence costly and localized. The purpose of the current study was to explore different ways for teachers to engage in PLEs and how…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Algebra
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Irwin, Kathryn C.; Britt, Murray S. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2005
The New Zealand Ministry of Education has introduced a Numeracy Project for students aged 5-14 years in selected schools. The project encourages the adoption of flexible strategies for solving numerical problems, and discourages reliance on standard computational algorithms. One potential benefit of the project is that the methods students acquire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Numeracy, Algebra, Mathematics Education