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Professional development
About: Professional development is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 81108 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1316681 citations.
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27 Apr 2009
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present cases of mathematics instruction drawn from research of nearly 500 classroom lessons and gain insight about how to foster a challenging, cognitively rich, and exciting classroom climate that propels students toward a richer understanding of mathematics.
Abstract: Teachers and teacher educators interested in synthesizing their current practice with new mathematics standards will welcome this highly useful volume. Presented are cases of mathematics instruction drawn from research of nearly 500 classroom lessons. Readers will gain insight about how to foster a challenging, cognitively rich, and exciting classroom climate that propels students toward a richer understanding of mathematics.
768 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a model of teacher learning and an analytic framework linking professional development to student and teacher learning is presented, and evaluated using a combination of teacher reflection, classroom observation, and ongoing assessment of student performance.
766 citations
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TL;DR: This quantitative study investigated the impact of seven factors related to school technology on five dependent measures in the areas of teacher skill (technology competency and technology integration), teacher morale, and perceived student learning (impact on student content acquisition and higher order thinking skills acquisition).
Abstract: Based on a comprehensive study of 94 classrooms from four states in different geographic regions of the country, this quantitative study investigated the impact of seven factors related to school technology (planning, leadership, curriculum alignment, professional development, technology use, teacher openness to change, and teacher non-school computer use) on five dependent measures in the areas of teacher skill (technology competency and technology integration), teacher morale, and perceived student learning (impact on student content acquisition and higher order thinking skills acquisition). Stepwise regression resulted in models to explain each of the five dependent measures. Teacher technology competency was predicted by teacher openness to change. Technology integration was predicted by teacher openness to change and the percentage of technology use with others. Teacher morale was predicted by professional development and constructivist use of technology. Technology impact on content acquisition was predicted by the strength of leadership, teacher openness to change, and negatively influenced by teacher non-school computer use. Technology impact on higher-order thinking skills was predicted by teacher openness to change, the constructivist use of technology, and negatively influenced by percentage of technology use where students work alone. Implications for the adoption and use of school technologies are discussed.
754 citations
TL;DR: The authors explored the use of classroom video as a tool for fostering productive discussions about teaching and learning in a 2-year mathematics professional development program based on the Problem-Solving Cycle model, which relies on video from the teachers own classrooms and emphasizes creating a community in which members feel comfortable learning from video.
748 citations