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Piccolo, Diana L.; Capraro, Mary Margaret; Capraro, Robert M. – Teacher Educator, 2010
In this study, eleven K-8 mathematics urban interns' perceptions of their mentoring support systems and factors that influenced their ability to teach mathematics were examined. Semi-structured interviews revealed that district and grade-level campus mentors provided the greatest amount of mathematics instruction and pedagogically based support to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Interviews, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
Ngwudike, Benjamin C. – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this paper was to examine the cross-national performance of fourth- and eighth-grade students in mathematics on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003. The TIMSS assessment data were used to identify nations that have a competitive edge in the critical area of mathematics. The Trends in International…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Persistence
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Lam, Shui-Fong; Law, Yin-Kum – Journal of Experimental Education, 2007
The authors investigated what and how instructional practices are related to students' motivation and performance in writing. The participants were 6 teacher interns and their (N = 209) secondary-school students in Hong Kong. In a 3-session instruction unit, the teacher interns taught their students how to write an expository essay. The students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Structural Equation Models, Teacher Interns
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Heller, Mary F.; Wood, Naomi J.; Shawgo, Mary – Journal of Educational Research, 2007
Professional Development Schools (PDSs) can potentially affect the quality of teaching and learning of students in Grades K-16. The authors describe the collaborations among teacher education, arts and science, and K-12 classroom teacher faculties involved in a 5-year PDS partnership at Kansas State University. A 15-member language arts team…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English, Poetry, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ajayi, Lasisi – Education, 2006
Efforts at improving fieldwork supervision during internship have largely focused on the role of university supervisors and intern teachers. Thus students' perceptions of the instructional practices are not systematically collected, analyzed and discussed in such a way that insights from students' perceptions can inform fieldwork supervision. This…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Middle Schools, Teaching Methods, Supervisors