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Cynthia French – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this applied research study was to strengthen Tier I instruction within seventh and eighth-grade mathematics classrooms. This applied research study uses three elements; professional learning communities, consistent content-specific professional development, and increased student achievement to strengthen Tier I instruction in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Middle School Teachers
Mumcu, Filiz; Atman Uslu, Nilüfer; Yildiz, Bahadir – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2022
Teacher qualifications are a crucial element for successfully implementing integrated STEM education. Research suggests that a STEM education program should be compulsory for all STEM-related teachers. In this study, as STEM education researchers, we asked teachers from different disciplines about their expectations from a professional development…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, STEM Education, Teacher Attitudes, Integrated Curriculum
Sousa, Lorie A. – Grantee Submission, 2021
California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) and the Riverside County Office of Education (RCOE) were awarded an Investing in Innovation (i3) Development grant in 2015 to investigate the impact of an early education mathematics program on English Learner students at two rural school districts in Riverside, CA. Teaching English Learners…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Mathematics Instruction, English Language Learners, Elementary School Students
Schoen, Robert C.; LaVenia, Mark; Tazaz, Amanda M.; Farina, Kristy; Dixon, Juli K.; Secada, Walter G. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Using a cluster-randomized controlled trial research design, this study investigates the effect of the first year of a three-year teacher professional development program on grades 1 and 2 student achievement in mathematics. Although the findings reported in the present report do not meet the standard cutoff for statistical significance (e.g., 95%…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, Mathematics Achievement
de Araujo, Zandra; Orrill, Chandra Hawley; Jacobson, Erik – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2018
While there is considerable scholarship describing principles for effective professional development, there have been few attempts to examine these principles in practice. In this paper, we identify and examine the particular design features of a mathematics professional development experience provided for middle grades teachers over 14 weeks. The…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
Carney, Michele B.; Brendefur, Jonathan L.; Thiede, Keith; Hughes, Gwyneth; Sutton, John – Educational Policy, 2016
We examined the impact of a state-mandated K-12 mathematics professional development course on knowledge, self-efficacy, and beliefs of nearly 4,000 teachers and administrators. Participants completed the Mathematical Thinking for Instruction course, emphasizing student thinking, problem-solving, and content knowledge specific to mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Teachers, Professional Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Saderholm, Jon; Ronau, Robert N.; Rakes, Christopher R.; Bush, Sarah B.; Mohr-Schroeder, Margaret – Professional Development in Education, 2017
This evaluation study examined a state-wide professional development program composed of two institutes, one for mathematics teachers and one for science teachers, each spanning two weeks. The program was designed to help teachers transform their practice to align with Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and Next Generation Science…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Program Design, Faculty Development, Program Evaluation
Wang, Chuang; Zuo, Huifang; Martin, Christie; McGee, Jennifer; Lambert, Richard – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2014
This is a summative report based on Year Three data from the MSP Grant Project entitled, "Content Development for Investigations" (CoDE:I). The purpose of the MSP grant program was to develop standards-based elementary mathematics teachers by giving teachers the tools to teach with a new standards-based mathematics curriculum,…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Grants, Academic Standards, Elementary School Teachers
Wang, Jia; Schweig, Jon; Griffin, Noelle; Baldanza, Michelle; Rivera, Nichole M.; Hsu, Vivian – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2013
This evaluation reports findings from a study of a UCLA teacher education program called IMPACT, Inspiring Minds through a Professional Alliance of Community Teachers. To measure program quality and goal attainment, the evaluation team used a comprehensive, multiple measures approach which included instructional artifacts, classroom logs, measures…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation
Rahman, Bujang; Abdurrahman, Abdurrahman; Kadaryanto, Budi; Rusminto, Nurlaksana Eko – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
Improvement of teachers' content knowledge has long been regarded as a priority in Indonesian school systems, and has been the goal for many teacher professional development programs. In this paper we report the evaluation of a professional development program to improve content knowledge for 147 Indonesian teachers. The teachers were divided into…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Experimental Groups, Program Descriptions
Gleason, Jim – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2010
The Content Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics instrument was developed by the Study for Instructional Improvement and Learning Mathematics for Teaching projects at the University of Michigan to measure elementary school and middle school in-service teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching to assist in the evaluation of professional…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Instructional Improvement, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers
Krupa, Erin Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In this era of high-stakes testing and accountability, curricula are viewed as catalysts to improve high school students' mathematics performances and a critical question is whether single subject or integrated curricula produce stronger student outcomes. This study was designed to investigate the effects of an integrated reform-based curriculum,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Integrated Curriculum, Educational Change, Curriculum Implementation
Stancavage, Fran; Garet, Michael; Wayne, Andrew – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
The PD program evaluated in this study is designed to address the problem of low student achievement in topics in rational numbers. The study focuses on seventh grade, the culminating year for teaching those topics. The study randomly assigned 77 mid- and high-poverty schools from 12 districts to treatment and control conditions and collected…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
Wayne, Andrew; Garet, Michael; Taylor, James; Song, Mengli – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
This paper will describe results concerning the impact of the PD on the three primary study outcomes: teacher knowledge of rational number topics, teacher instructional practices, and student achievement in rational number topics. All analyses are completed. However, the results cannot be shared at this time because the report is currently under…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education