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Richardson, Sandra – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2009
This article describes experiences from a professional development project designed to prepare in-service eighth-grade mathematics teachers to develop, explore, and advance technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK) in the teaching and learning of Algebra I. This article describes the process of the participating teachers' mathematical…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mathematics Teachers, Algebra, Professional Development
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Vendlinski, Terry P.; Howard, Keith E.; Hemberg, Bryan C.; Vinyard, Laura; Martel, Annabel; Kyriacou, Elizabeth; Casper, Jennifer; Chai, Yourim; Phelan, Julia C.; Baker, Eva L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2008
The inability of students to become proficient in algebra seems to be widespread in American schools. One of the reasons often cited for this inability is that instruction seldom builds on prior knowledge. Research suggests that teacher effectiveness is the most critical controllable variable in improving student achievement. This report details a…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Formative Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Prior Learning
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Ruopp, Faye; And Others – Mathematics Teacher, 1997
Provides examples of the mathematics explored in a project that involved teachers in seminars in which they solved problems that focused on algebraic thinking across the grades. Presents the project as a model for staff development for teachers across grade levels. (DDR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Hoines, Marit Johnsen, Ed.;; Fuglestad, Anne Berit, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
This document contains the third volume of the proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Inclusion and Diversity". A total of 65 research reports are presented here: (1) A Teacher's Model of Students Algebraic Thinking…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Psychology