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Fred J. J. M. Janssen Dineke E. H. Tigelaar Nico Verloop 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2009,20(1):1-20
Teaching for understanding requires teachers to organize thought-demanding activities which continually challenge students
to apply and extend their prior knowledge. Research shows that student teachers often are unable to develop lessons in teaching
for understanding. We explored how a domain-specific heuristic can assist student biology teachers in developing problem-posing
lessons according to teaching for understanding. Worksheets of lesson plans were analyzed according to criteria for problem-posing
lessons. Furthermore, student teachers’ perceptions of the design heuristic’s usefulness were categorized in a cyclical process.
In general, the heuristic appeared helpful to most student teachers for designing problem-posing lessons satisfactory according
to the criteria. Furthermore, teachers indicated that using the heuristic deepened their subject matter knowledge and their
awareness of pupils’ prior knowledge. 相似文献
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Joke Voogt Frank Tilya Jan van den Akker 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2009,18(5):429-438
Science teachers from secondary schools in Tanzania were offered an in-service arrangement to prepare them for the integration
of technology in a student-centered approach to science teaching. The in-service arrangement consisted of workshops in which
educative curriculum materials were used to prepare teachers for student-centered education and for the use and application
of Microcomputer Based Laboratories (MBL)—a specific technology application for facilitating experiments in science education.
Quantitative and qualitative data were collected to study whether the in-service arrangement impacted teacher learning. Teacher
learning was determined by three indicators: (1) the ability to conduct MBL-supported student centered science lessons, (2)
teachers’ reflection on those lessons and (3) students’ perceptions of the classroom environment. The results of the research
indicate that the teachers’ were able to integrate MBL in their science lessons at an acceptable level and that they were
able to create a classroom environment which was appreciated by their students as more investigative and open-ended. 相似文献
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Anderson Hassell Norton Andrea McCloskey 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2008,11(4):285-305
The challenge that we address concerns teachers’ shifts toward student-centered instruction. We report on a yearlong professional
development study in which two United States elementary school teachers engaged in a teaching experiment, as described by
Steffe and Thompson (in: Lesh and Kelly (eds) Research on design in mathematics and science education, 2000). The teaching
experiment involved close mathematical interactions with a pair of students after school, in the context of solving fractions
tasks. By conducting a teaching experiment, we anticipated that each teacher would have more opportunity to develop insight
into students’ mathematics. We also anticipated that these insights would influence the teachers’ classroom practice, even
without explicit support for such a shift. Indeed, the teachers found that they began asking more probing questions of their
students and spending more time listening to students’ explanations, but shifts to classroom practice were limited by constraining
factors such an inflexible curriculum. 相似文献
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The influence of video clubs on teachers’ thinking and practice 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Elizabeth A. van Es Miriam Gamoran Sherin 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2010,13(2):155-176
This article examines a model of professional development called “video clubs” in which teachers watch and discuss excerpts
of videos from their classrooms. We investigate how participation in a video club influences teachers’ thinking and practice
by exploring three related contexts: (a) teachers’ comments during video-club meetings, (b) teachers’ self-reports of the
effects of the video club, and (c) teachers’ instruction across the year. Data analysis revealed changes in all three contexts.
In the video-club meetings, teachers paid increased attention to student mathematical thinking over the course of the year.
In interviews, teachers reported having learned about students’ mathematical thinking, about the importance of attending to
student ideas during instruction, and about their school’s mathematics curriculum. Finally, shifts were also uncovered in
the teachers’ instruction. By the end of the year, teachers increasingly made space for student thinking to emerge in the
classroom, probed students’ underlying understandings, and learned from their students while teaching. 相似文献
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The aim of this study was to investigate how participation and reification of ideas about mathematics teaching are constituted
in on-line discussions when prospective primary mathematics teachers analysed video-cases about mathematics teaching. Prospective
teachers enrolled in a mathematics methodology course participated for 4 weeks in two virtual learning environments that integrated
the analysis of video-clips, on-line discussions and writing essays about key aspects of mathematics teaching. Three aspects
were considered relevant to explain the prospective teachers’ learning: the way in which the theoretical information was used
to frame and to interpret the events from mathematics teaching; the characteristics of engagement with others participating
in the on-line discussions and the role played by prospective teachers’ beliefs. Possible reasons for the importance of these
features include the specific questions posed in on-line discussions and the use of video-clips of mathematics teaching. These
findings are considered useful in designing virtual learning environments and the kinds of tasks through which the understanding
of mathematics teaching and learning-to-notice skills can be developed. 相似文献
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Video has assumed an increasingly prominent role in teacher education, particularly in the form of the viewing of videotaped
class lessons by preservice teachers. Yet there is little research that confirms whether preservice teachers attend to the
aspects of the video(s) that teacher educators anticipate or desire. This article explores this issue and reports on the impact
of video viewing as a means to improve teachers’ ability to be observers of classroom practice. We utilized a pre- and post-test
design to measure the quantity and type of classroom events that preservice mathematics teachers noticed before and after
a teaching methods course where improving observation skills was an explicit goal. The results of the pre-assessment suggest
that preservice teachers generally do not enter teaching methods courses with well-developed observation skills. The post-assessment
indicates that the course led to significant increases in preservice teachers’ observation skills, particularly in teachers’
ability to notice features of the classroom environment, mathematical content of a lesson, and teacher and student communication
during a lesson.
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| Jon R. StarEmail: |
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Reasonable and Reasonableness of Answers: Kuwaiti Middle School Teachers’ Perspectives 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
This study described mathematics teachers’ views on the significance of reasonable answers and how they address this concept
in their classrooms. Data were gathered from thirteen eighth-grade Kuwaiti mathematics teachers in two middle schools. All
teachers in Kuwait use the national textbook and follow the accompanying instructional plans provided by the Ministry of Education.
The results revealed that the overwhelming majority of Kuwaiti teachers reported that an answer needed to be exact to be reasonable.
Only three teachers reported discussing reasonable answers and their discussions were in response to student mistakes. None
of the teachers addressed the concept proactively, considering reasonableness when planning their lessons or preparing activities
or exercises. They defended their lack of attention to this concept by noting that the notion of reasonableness is not included
in the Kuwaiti national curriculum. 相似文献
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The main goal of the study reported in our paper is to characterize teachers’ choice of examples in and for the mathematics
classroom. Our data is based on 54 lesson observations of five different teachers. Altogether 15 groups of students were observed,
three seventh grade, six eighth grade, and six ninth grade classes. The classes varied according to their level—seven classes
of top level students and six classes of mixed—average and low level students. In addition, pre and post lesson interviews
with the teachers were conducted, and their lesson plans were examined. Data analysis was done in an iterative way, and the
categories we explored emerged accordingly. We distinguish between pre-planned and spontaneous examples, and examine their
manifestations, as well as the different kinds of underlying considerations teachers employ in making their choices, and the
kinds of knowledge they need to draw on. We conclude with a dynamic framework accounting for teachers’ choices and generation
of examples in the course of teaching mathematics.
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| Orit ZaslavskyEmail: |
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Zahra Gooya 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2007,65(3):331-347
The geometry textbooks of the new system of secondary education in Iran differed dramatically from the old ones considering
the aims, the visions, the content, the approach, and the educational purposes. Four hundred eighty mathematics teachers participated
in a nationwide professional development program conducted by the author to facilitate the implementation of the new changes.
Based on this program, a research study was designed to investigate the teachers’ beliefs about a new reform in high school
geometry as a result of the professional development program. The data of the study were collected through teachers’ reflective
writings, project works, group discussions, reflective questionnaires, and oral communications. The purpose of this paper
is to draw upon this study and to document mathematics teachers’ beliefs about new changes. 相似文献
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Ravit Golan Duncan Vicky Pilitsis Melissa Piegaro 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2010,21(1):81-102
Current standards emphasize student engagement with inquiry practices. However, implementing inquiry instruction is a formidable
challenge for teachers as they often lack models for using and adapting inquiry-based instructional materials. Teacher education
programs can provide scaffolded contexts for developing teachers’ ability to critique, adapt, and design inquiry-based materials.
We describe a qualitative study of 17 preservice teachers enrolled in two consecutive science methods courses. The study characterizes
the development of preservice teachers’ ability to critique and revise instructional materials. Our findings suggest that
teachers improved in their ability to critique lesson plans and to suggest revisions that would make them more inquiry oriented.
In particular, the teachers’ critiques and revisions increased in sophistication after engaging in instructional design activities
during the second methods course. 相似文献
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Nesrin Cengiz Kate Kline Theresa J. Grant 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2011,14(5):355-374
Studies show that extending students’ mathematical thinking during whole-group discussions is a challenging undertaking. To
better understand what extending student thinking looks like and how teachers’ mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) supports
teachers in their efforts to extend student thinking, the teaching of six experienced elementary school teachers was explored.
During group discussions, all six teachers created opportunities for extending student thinking about important mathematical
ideas and solution methods. Findings on the nature of these episodes include identification of individual instructional actions
and the ways in which teachers’ MKT was connected to these actions. 相似文献
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Stephen Marble 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2007,18(6):935-953
This article describes an innovative approach to developing preservice elementary science teachers’ classroom confidence and
skills. Based on lesson study approaches, preservice candidates designed and taught integrated science–mathematics lessons
during the semester before their student teaching. Working in teams, candidates designed and taught a common lesson in 3 different
classrooms, critiquing and refining their lesson between each teaching activity. Data collected from observations of classroom
teaching events, team reports, and individual reflections were analyzed qualitatively. Results indicate that, over the 3 teaching
events, there were dramatic improvements in lesson design and delivery, the management of the learning environment, the quality
of students’ engagements with meaningful content, and the quality of assessments and generation of student data.
According to the website of the Lesson Study Research Group, there were more than 2,300 teachers in over 335 schools involved
in lesson study in the U.S. as of May 2004 (www.tc.edu/lessonstudy/). Additional lesson study information, projects, and resources
are available through a number of other websites, including www.lessonresearch.net (at Mills College) and www.uwlax.edu/sotl.lsp
(at The University of Wisconsin–La Crosse) 相似文献
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The research outlined in this paper investigated how student teachers perceived the development of their knowledge and attitudes
towards physics through video recorded practical workshops based on experiments and subsequent group discussions. During an
8-week physics course, 40 primary science student teachers worked in groups of 13–14 on practical experiments and problem-solving
skills in physics. The student teachers were video recorded in order to follow their activities and discussions during the
experiments. In connection with every workshop, the student teachers participated in a seminar conducted by their physics
teachers and a primary science teacher; they watched the video recording in order to reflect on their activities and how they
communicated their conceptions in their group. After the 8 weeks of coursework a questionnaire including a storyline was used
to elicit the student teachers’ perceptions of their development of subject matter knowledge from the beginning to the end
of the course. Finally, five participants were interviewed after the course. The results provided insight into how aspects
such as self-confidence and the meaningfulness of knowledge for primary teaching were perceived as important factors for the
primary science student teachers’ development of subject matter knowledge as well as a positive attitude towards physics. 相似文献
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Donna Alvermann Elizabeth Friese Sybilla Beckmann Achariya Rezak 《The Australian Educational Researcher》2011,38(2):203-220
The twofold purpose of this study was to trace prospective and practicing mathematics teachers’ understandings of content
area reading instruction in relation to domain knowledge in mathematics, and to examine the extent to which online pedagogical
mentoring supported the integration of such instruction and knowledge. The design called for two pairs of prospective and
practicing mathematics teachers to develop, implement, and reflectively evaluate four lessons. A multilevel mentoring approach
was used to leverage the valuing of domain knowledge in mathematics. Course materials, lesson plans, teacher reflections,
mentors’ feedback, interviews, and case reports were analysed using Bourdieu’s concepts of cultural capital, field, and misrecognition.
Results indicate that despite the study’s focus on prioritising domain knowledge through pedagogical mentoring, the instances
in which such knowledge were integrated effectively with reading instruction varied in relation to a mentor’s expertise in
mathematics. If reading teacher educators are to support prospective and practicing mathematics teachers in content area reading
instruction, additional sources of mathematics cultural capital are needed. 相似文献
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his study investigates how trainee teachers perceive their supervising teachers’ supervisory competency. Through a questionnaire
that was specifically developed for this study and which contained open-ended questions, student teacher candidates were asked
to comment on their supervising teachers’ competency in preparation for supervision, instructional planning and reflection,
and collegial supervision and effective mentoring. Data for this study was gathered from 690 student teachers who were in
their last year in college pursuing a teaching credential. The results indicated that the student teachers rated their supervising
teachers’ competency in supervision as poor to partially competent. Although there is no significant relation found between
the gender and fulfillment of supervisory duties, the main significant finding was between supervising teachers’ experience
in teaching and completion of the supervisory role. The results showed that the younger or less experienced supervising teachers
demonstrated better supervisory skills. Furthermore, our results indicated that although experience is important, it should
not be the only criterion for selecting supervising teachers for supervisory duty. 相似文献
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Alphonse Uworwabayeho 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2009,12(5):315-324
This article presents practical perspectives on mathematics teacher change through results of collaborative research with
two mathematics secondary school teachers in order to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics in Rwanda. The 2006
national mathematics curriculum reform stresses pedagogies that enhance problem-solving, critical thinking and argumentation.
Teachers need to use new teaching strategies. This article is a case study looking at issues around developing teachers’ use
of interactions in mathematics classrooms independently of the national programme. Outputs of the study include teachers’
awareness of the need for change and their increased flexibility to accept learners’ autonomy in shifting from teacher-centred
to learner-centred pedagogy. Geometer’s Sketchpad challenged teachers’ practice and then provoked reflection to improve student
learning. 相似文献
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The purpose of this study was to investigate prospective chemistry teachers’ knowledge about instructional strategies, one
component of pedagogical content knowledge about introducing particulate theory, as well as sources of this knowledge. Twenty-two
prospective chemistry teachers participated in the study. Data were collected by the means of a vignette, semistructured interviews,
and lesson plans. Analysis showed that concrete objects, computer animations, and expository teaching were the preferred teaching
techniques by prospective teachers. Several issues, such as general pedagogical knowledge, subject matter knowledge, and knowledge
about students’ difficulties, were found to be the main factors for choosing a teaching strategy to make an introduction to
particles. 相似文献
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Megan H. Wickstrom Stephanie Wilm Emily Mills Alexis Johnson Nicole Leonard Raegan Larberg 《Educational Action Research》2018,26(1):42-58
Pre-service teachers need to develop habits of mind that allow them to grow as new teachers. This article describes an elementary mathematics methods course in which teaching as an experiment was used a framework for pre-service teachers to participate in action research by developing learning goals, observing and analyzing student thinking, hypothesizing and enacting teaching strategies, and reflecting on the effectiveness of a lesson. Through analysis of reflections and lesson plans, the article explores three groups of pre-service teachers’ reflections on teaching as well as their confidence across the semester. By treating lessons as experiments, the pre-service teachers were able to develop appropriate teaching responses over time as well as gain confidence in their abilities. 相似文献