ITSs have the requirement to be adaptive to the student with AI. The classical ITS architecture defines three components to split the data and to keep it flexible and thus adaptive. However, there is a lack of abstract descriptions how to put adaptive behavior into practice. This paper defines how you can structure your data for case based systems…

Leading mathematics teaching and learning in schools is a complex job that requires the development of specialised knowledge and skills. Opportunities to learn in professional workshops can help to build leadership knowledge and skills. The results presented here describe 262 leaders' prompted reflections at the end of a professional development…

We investigated how teachers' narratives about their histories as learners provided insight into how they enacted rough drafting and revising -- a form of ambitious mathematics instruction. We interviewed 32 teachers in the U.S.A who reported using rough drafting and revising in their mathematics teaching. Teachers spoke about positive, negative,…

Introduction: This study aimed to develop a cost-effective suturing and knot typing simulator that aligns with the expectations of experts, addressing the need for affordable yet high-quality medical training tools. The focus was on assessing the efficacy of a silicone skin suture task trainer, created through a 3D printed mold, for use in mobile…

Like K-12 mathematics teachers, for whom effective instruction requires a full suite of pedagogical and mathematical knowledge and skills, Mathematics Teacher Educators (MTEs) also need a professional knowledge base to facilitate the development of future educators capable of supporting K-12 students' mathematical learning. In this paper, we…

Teaching resources and professional development based on mathematics education research have the potential to support teachers to develop and sustain improved pedagogies. The Queensland Department of Education provided online professional learning modules for teachers of Prep (Foundation) to Year 10 mathematics. To support implementation of the…

Professional noticing of student thinking is considered a useful construct to investigate instructional decisions and activity made by teachers to support learning. This paper highlights the findings from one component of a multi-university (United States & Australia) research project focused on improving pre-service secondary mathematics…

Recent work describes methods for systematic, data-driven improvement to instructional content and calls for diverse teams of learning engineers to implement and evaluate such improvements. Focusing on an approach called "design-loop adaptivity," we consider the problem of how developers might use data to target or prioritize particular…

We report on a research study conducted within a transition-to-proof course for mathematics majors at a large public university. Within the course, students explored famously unproven conjectures and reflected on how their perspectives of mathematics changed through this exploration (if at all). In this report we share students' takeaways from the…

While such connection between an instructional leader and a vigorous teacher-leader team seems natural in the school with instructional effectiveness, the research evidence is surprisingly limited. To fill the gap, these factors are linked such that principals' effort on instruction will lead them to change the school's leadership structure by…

Leadership at the high school level provide a unique challenge due to size and complexity. The study examines how successful principals, confront the necessity to support teachers as they grow their craft in thoughtful and deliberate ways. The study provides insight into the relationship between instructional and transformational leadership…

Education policies and innovations that aim to improve instructional quality often fail to produce any meaningful or sustained changes to teaching when implemented at scale because of the significant learning demands they place on the individuals, groups, and organizations that comprise an educational system. In this paper, we describe an…

To reform instruction by moving towards student-centered approaches, research has shown that faculty benefit from support and collaboration (Henderson, Beach, & Finkelstein, 2011; Speer & Wagner, 2009). In this study, we examined the ways in which a mathematician's instruction unfolded during his participation in a faculty collaboration…

This chapter investigates the impact and relative advantages of two engagement models for delivering science-specific PD: school-led partnerships and external-led PD delivered by STEM experts. Traditionally professional development (PD) led by professional education experts has been used to improve the quality of science teaching and learning in…

This paper examines the development and validation of the Survey of Climate for Instructional Improvement (SCII). SCII has 30-item Likert-scale items with 1 open response question and is designed to measure five aspects of organizational climate in postsecondary settings. The goal of this paper is to describe: (a) our development process, (b)…