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A Response To Dancis, Margaret Schaffer
A Response To Dancis, Margaret Schaffer
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
No abstract provided.
A Different Approach To Family Involvement, Leslie Patterson, Shelia Baldwin, Rubén Gonzales, Irma Guadarrama, Liz Keith
A Different Approach To Family Involvement, Leslie Patterson, Shelia Baldwin, Rubén Gonzales, Irma Guadarrama, Liz Keith
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
The Houston Chronicle recently quoted a school counselor who blamed low student achievement on parents, whom he called "a bunch of seventh-grade dropouts who can't add 2 plus 2" (Houston Chronicle, 1998, p. 21A). As educators, we see too many of our colleagues play that blame game as we try to respond to increasing public pressure to make schools "work." The logic goes something like this: "We are doing everything we know how, and these children still are not succeeding. If only their parents would (fill in the blank), everything would be just fine."
Review: Teacher Researcher Perspectives On Parent Involvement, Catherine Compton-Lilly
Review: Teacher Researcher Perspectives On Parent Involvement, Catherine Compton-Lilly
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
What is happening at your school to foster parent involvement? Where I teach, parent involvement is a constant struggle. Programs that promise to bring parents into the school come and go quickly; they are never well-attended and the parents who do attend the first session often do not return for the second. Teachers, observing this lack of involvement, complain that parents don't care and do not support the school. The rhetoric around our school blames parents when things go wrong for children at school.
Review: Classroom Interviews: A World Of Learning, Catherine Compton-Lilly
Review: Classroom Interviews: A World Of Learning, Catherine Compton-Lilly
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Garth Boomer once wrote, "To deliberately learn is to research." To Boomer, teachers and students are researchers when they purposely seek to understand aspects of their world. As a first grade teacher, it would be difficult for me to find a day of teaching that did not involve deliberate learning. Each day brings novel inquiries, new questions, and constant reflection on the events that transpire. Hopefully my students share this sense of wonder and interest as they learn to read, write, and research.
A First Step For Technology Integration For Teachers, Rena Cifarelli
A First Step For Technology Integration For Teachers, Rena Cifarelli
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
How do I begin to work with teachers on integrating technology into their diverse disciplines? How do I begin to form a relationship that allows them to express their fears about technology and trust in me to overcome those fears? How do I assess their technology strengths and weaknesses so I can help them to begin at a point where they are comfortable with the technology? These were the initial questions I asked myself as a high school educational technologist, who was beginning to embark with a group of four other teachers on an action research project.
Math Applies To Everyday Life, Geoffrey Smith
Math Applies To Everyday Life, Geoffrey Smith
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
No abstract provided.
Algebra, Algebra, You Were So Tough, Ryan Best
Algebra, Algebra, You Were So Tough, Ryan Best
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
No abstract provided.
Math Is A Subject That Is The Best, Alexandra Holliday
Math Is A Subject That Is The Best, Alexandra Holliday
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
No abstract provided.
Middle School Math Teaching And How It Harms Our Children, Jerome Dancis
Middle School Math Teaching And How It Harms Our Children, Jerome Dancis
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
No abstract provided.
Changing The Subject, Or, Would You Hire A Good Clarinet Teacher To Teach Your Child The Violin?, Jerome Dancis
Changing The Subject, Or, Would You Hire A Good Clarinet Teacher To Teach Your Child The Violin?, Jerome Dancis
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
No abstract provided.
Circle, Anna Palco
Equations, Benjamin Davidson
Equations, Benjamin Davidson
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
No abstract provided.
Numbers, Shea Ybarra
Circles, Valentino Loiacono
Circles, Valentino Loiacono
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
No abstract provided.
Multiplication, Molly Hager
Multiplication, Molly Hager
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
No abstract provided.
Math Is Really Great, Eric Rasyidi
Math Is Really Great, Eric Rasyidi
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
No abstract provided.
Adding Is As Easy As One, Two, Three, Marshall Sachs
Adding Is As Easy As One, Two, Three, Marshall Sachs
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
No abstract provided.
One Plus One, Mae Talle
A Discourse On Literacy And Community: Research Relationships For Preservice Teachers, Karen Broaddus, David Landis
A Discourse On Literacy And Community: Research Relationships For Preservice Teachers, Karen Broaddus, David Landis
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This written dialogue between two university researchers explores how different forms of preservice teacher inquiry work as active components of language arts coursework in elementary education. We will discuss issues of design and implementation: 1. Theoretical contexts for including research in teacher education 2. Selecting settings for preservice teacher research 3. Defining research tasks 4. Examining professional research relationships 5. Forms for reflection 6. Analyzing research outcomes Our positions will be illustrated using the results of two distinct examples of literacy research: a study exploring the experiences of two preservice teachers conducting individual case studies of literacy development and a …
Preservice Teachers' Experiences Of "America Reads" Research, Penny L. Beed, David Landis, Charline Barnes, Kari Benson, Kim Willms, Amy Zidlicky
Preservice Teachers' Experiences Of "America Reads" Research, Penny L. Beed, David Landis, Charline Barnes, Kari Benson, Kim Willms, Amy Zidlicky
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This article has two purposes. First, we want to make visible the experiences of undergraduate preservice teacher researchers who collaborated with university faculty to conduct three research studies of an America Reads Literacy Tutoring Program. Our second purpose is to offer evidence from the preservice teachers' research logs, comments and reflections that supports or challenges current discussions about the effects of preservice teacher research. The article begins with a brief discussion of the America Reads investigations in which the preservice teachers participated. Next, we discuss the preservice teachers' thoughts about their research experiences. Finally, we explore implications raised by this …
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This issue sees a continuation of a strand, begun in the first issue, of articles written by collaborative groups of educators who span the school-university divide. As the authors of all these articles note, when school-based practitioners or preservice teachers in their practicums work together with colleagues in universities they create a synergy that makes ripples - or even waves - beyond their individual classrooms. As they present their work at local or national conferences and publish in venues such as Networks, the value of their work is recognized by others, who are inspired to adopt and adapt their ideas …
An Investigation Of A Qualitative Research Course At A U.S. University, Angela L.E. Walmsley
An Investigation Of A Qualitative Research Course At A U.S. University, Angela L.E. Walmsley
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Action research is typically performed by people who want to do something to improve their own situation (Sagor, 1992). Often, it is also collaborative, involving participants with different roles in the situation; together they plan, analyze data and discuss the results, and then share the findings with others in a similar field or situation who may be able to benefit from them. While action research can be used in a variety of settings, the project I present here is specific to education and teaching. I carried out an action research project that investigated aspects of a graduate qualitative education research …
The Power Of Two: A Study Of The Integrated Reading Method Of Peer Tutoring, Carol S. Fitzpatrick
The Power Of Two: A Study Of The Integrated Reading Method Of Peer Tutoring, Carol S. Fitzpatrick
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
issues of design and implementation:
Beginning Teachers Improve Classroom Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry, Barbara H. Davis, Virginia Resta, Karen Miller, Keitha Fortman
Beginning Teachers Improve Classroom Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry, Barbara H. Davis, Virginia Resta, Karen Miller, Keitha Fortman
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
"How can I get my students to pay attention to me?" "What will motivate my reluctant readers to read more?" "How can I get my students to work together in cooperative groups?" "Would teaching social skills improve discipline in my classroom?" "How can I get my students to stay on-task and become more productive?" "What can I do to get my at-risk students to produce quality work?" These questions, and others like them, are asked by classroom teachers every year, especially beginning teachers who are encountering the challenges of the classroom for the first time. In recent years many teachers …
Letter To The New York Times, Arthur B. Powell, Miriam L. Yevick
Letter To The New York Times, Arthur B. Powell, Miriam L. Yevick
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
No abstract provided.
Preservice Training Of Science Teachers: Using The Views Of Non-Science Specialists, David Palmer
Preservice Training Of Science Teachers: Using The Views Of Non-Science Specialists, David Palmer
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
There is considerable evidence that many high school students are losing interest in science (Yager and Lutz, 1995). I am involved in the training of science teachers, and I wanted to develop a student-centred approach which would present this issue to future science teachers. I believe it is not only important for them to be aware of this problem, but also to be aware of the classroom practices which may exacerbate it, so that these practices can be avoided. This article describes a technique in which non-science college students were used to present these issues to preservice science teachers. It …
Teacher-Researchers Celebrating Peer Influences: Collaboration And Challenge, Myriam N. Torres
Teacher-Researchers Celebrating Peer Influences: Collaboration And Challenge, Myriam N. Torres
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Introduction: Isolation is a frequently emergent issue in teachers' conversations about their experiences and concerns. Through these collegial conversations, teachers discover the power of collaboration for their own development and that of their students. The celebration of this discovery is described and documented in this paper by examining their discourse as they talk and write about their experiences in doing teacher research in a collaborative atmosphere. Using Sampson's (1993) poetic expression, teachers were "Celebrating the other".
The Transformative Power Of The Action Research Process: Effects Of An Inquiry Approach To Preservice Teacher Education, Clare Kosnik
The Transformative Power Of The Action Research Process: Effects Of An Inquiry Approach To Preservice Teacher Education, Clare Kosnik
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
What you see is not always what you get! Having been involved in action research in preservice teacher education for the last four years I continue to be startled by the impact of the process on students and faculty. It is not simply an assignment to be completed; rather, it is a process that leads student teachers to the core of what it means to be a teacher. This experience and the knowledge gained in turn change them as individuals. The action research process requires students to ponder and struggle with many difficult questions: what is the role of the …
North And South Meet Through Computer Collaboration: A Learning Experience For Preservice Teachers, Marion Harris Fey, Mary Ann Tighe
North And South Meet Through Computer Collaboration: A Learning Experience For Preservice Teachers, Marion Harris Fey, Mary Ann Tighe
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
North and South Meet through Computer Collaboration: A Learning Experience for Preservice Teachers
"It's Friendship, Developing Friendship": A Teacher Action Research Study On Reading Buddies, Joan Ziolkowski
"It's Friendship, Developing Friendship": A Teacher Action Research Study On Reading Buddies, Joan Ziolkowski
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
"It's Friendship, Developing Friendship": A Teacher Action Research Study on Reading Buddies