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López, Francesca A. – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background: Despite numerous educational reform efforts aimed at aggressively addressing achievement disparities, Latinos continue to underperform in school. In sharp contrast to the belief that the inordinate achievement disparities among Latino students stem from deficiencies, some researchers assert that culturally responsive teaching (CRT)…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Hispanic American Students, Teaching Methods, Identification (Psychology)
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Jiang, Zhonghong; White, Alexander; Sorto, M. Alejandra; Dickey, Edwin; McBroom, Ewelina; Rosenwasser, Alana – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2015
This study investigated the impact of a dynamic geometry (DG)-centered teacher professional development program on high school geometry teachers' content knowledge and their students' geometry learning. 64 geometry teachers were randomly assigned to an experimental (DG) group and a control group. Both groups received appropriate and relevant…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics
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Bodzin, Alec M.; Fu, Qiong; Kulo, Violet; Peffer, Tamara – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
A potential method for teaching geospatial thinking and reasoning (GTR) is through geospatially enabled learning technologies. We developed an energy resources geospatial curriculum that included learning activities with geographic information systems and virtual globes. This study investigated how 13 urban middle school teachers implemented and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Logical Thinking, Science Curriculum