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ERIC Number: ED581326
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Oct
Pages: 8
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STEM and Model-Eliciting Activities: Responsive Professional Development for K-8 Mathematics Coaches
Baker, Courtney; Galanti, Terrie; Birkhead, Sara
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (39th, Indianapolis, IN, Oct 5-8, 2017)
This research highlights a university-school division collaboration to pilot a professional development framework for integrating STEM in K-8 mathematics classrooms. The university researchers worked with mathematics coaches to construct a realistic and reasonable vision of STEM integration built upon the design principles of model-eliciting activities (MEAs). Analysis of participant reflections after they experienced two MEAs as learners in mixed grade-level teams suggests an evolving conceptualization of STEM integration with an explicit connectedness to mathematics content. Mathematics coaches valued the potential for MEAs to provide multiple entry points to open-ended problem solving, but they articulated a sense of vulnerability as they contemplated the challenges of time and teacher buy-in within the contextual realities of curriculum pacing and standardized test preparation. [For complete proceedings, see ED581294.]
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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