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Publication Date: 2013-Oct
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Insights from a Teacher Professional Development Course: Rona's Changing Perspectives Regarding Mathematically-Talented Students
Levenson, Esther; Gal, Hagar
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, v11 n5 p1087-1114 Oct 2013
This paper considers studying changes in teachers' perspectives regarding the teaching of mathematically talented students learning in heterogeneous classes. We investigate these changes through a case study of Rona, a teacher who participated in the professional development program "From One End to the Other" held in The David Yellin College of Education, Israel. The analysis focuses on 3 categories of change: awareness, practice, and self-efficacy. The results concerning Rona, 1 of the participants, demonstrate a rise in awareness of talented students, a change in the ways of meeting the needs of these students, and a rise in self-efficacy regarding the teaching of talented students. Moreover, it was found that changes in 1 category are interwoven with changes in the other categories.
Descriptors: Teacher Attendance, Attitude Change, Academically Gifted, Mathematics, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Needs, Educational Practices, Self Efficacy, Faculty Development, Heterogeneous Grouping, Foreign Countries
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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