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Mathematics teachers

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2012

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Overcoming A Common Storm: Designing The Pd Teachers Need For Successful Common Core Implementation, Gabriel T. Matney, Jonathan Bostic, Daniel Brahier Feb 2012

Overcoming A Common Storm: Designing The Pd Teachers Need For Successful Common Core Implementation, Gabriel T. Matney, Jonathan Bostic, Daniel Brahier

School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

Classroom implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) requires significant professional development that is sustained over time, develops teachers understanding of the Standards for Mathematical Practice, and begins with the content and professional needs of the teachers it serves. This study examines elementary and middle school teachers’ perceived content needs related to the CCSS mathematics content domains, their perceived professional needs, and the connection between these perceptions and statewide assessment data. K-5 teachers indicated a great need in Operations and Algebraic Thinking and Numbers and Operations on Fractions. Middle school teachers expressed a major need in better understanding modeling, …


Generating A Peer Mentoring Culture Through Mathematics Camps, Gabriel T. Matney Jan 2012

Generating A Peer Mentoring Culture Through Mathematics Camps, Gabriel T. Matney

School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

In this poster I will describe an exploratory evaluation study (Patton, 1987) of a mathematics teacher program at a university in Southeast Asia.