Developing Mathematical Thinking: Changing Teachers’ Knowledge and Instruction
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Developing Mathematical Thinking: Changing Teachers’ Knowledge and Instruction
In the present research, we evaluated the effectiveness of a multi-year professional development program in mathematics for elementary teachers. Each year the program focused on a different domain of mathematics. We found the program increased teachers’ knowledge of (a) number and operations, (b) measurement and geometry, and (c) probability and statistics. We also examined the relation between...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Curriculum and Teaching
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1927-2685,1927-2677
DOI: 10.5430/jct.v2n2p62