ERIC Number: EJ1378622
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0887-8730
EISSN: EISSN-1838-8101
Instructional Change after Participating in a Mathematics Professional Development Program: An Exploration of Impact
Koellner, Karen; Seago, Nanette; Jacobs, Jennifer
Teacher Educator, v58 n1 p29-48 2023
This research study explored teachers' self-reported uptake as well as observed instructional change after participating in a year-long professional development (PD) program focused on supporting the learning and teaching of transformations-based geometry. Analyses illuminate the degree and nature of the pedagogical shifts made by teachers who participated in this highly specified, videocase-based PD program. The treatment teachers' lessons started out significantly lower on most aspects of their instructional quality relative to the control teachers' lessons prior to the PD. However, the control teachers stayed the same or showed a decline in their instructional quality scores, whereas the treatment teachers made significant gains after the PD that brought them to the same level as the control teachers. The article concludes by considering how engagement with intentionally designed videocases during the PD may have contributed to the teachers' improvement in targeted dimensions of instructional quality.
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Video Technology, Observation, Teacher Attitudes, Learner Engagement, Secondary School Teachers, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Mathematics Education, Instructional Improvement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Grade 8; Grade 9; High Schools; Grade 10; Grade 11; Grade 12
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1503399