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Lesson Study: A Professional Development Model For Mathematics Reform, Ann R. Taylor, Shari Anderson, Karen Meyer, Mary Kay Wagner, Christine West
Lesson Study: A Professional Development Model For Mathematics Reform, Ann R. Taylor, Shari Anderson, Karen Meyer, Mary Kay Wagner, Christine West
The Rural Educator
In this action research report 4 teachers and 1 teacher educator use the Japanese lesson study model of professional development for 15 months in rural Carlinville, Illinois. In March 2001, 4 teachers identified a goal to improve their students’ understanding of two step word problems in 2nd grade elementary mathematics. Teachers completed three cycles of researching, planning, teaching, evaluating and reflecting. They were motivated, empowered, and found lesson study effective professional development in their rural setting. It focused on the classroom lesson; provided an effective lesson plan and hours of focused professional development; supported attempts to put into practice best …
Rural Teachers In Project Launch, Mary M. Harris, Linda Holdman, Robin Clark, T. Robert Harris
Rural Teachers In Project Launch, Mary M. Harris, Linda Holdman, Robin Clark, T. Robert Harris
The Rural Educator
The success of Project Launch, a teacher induction program sponsored by a regional teacher center and a consortium of universities, is compared for rural and non-rural participants. Indicators of success include teacher accomplishment of action plan goals, teacher self and mentor assessment of teaching strengths related to action plan goals, profiles of teaching strengths, and retention in teaching. Measures of teaching strength are related to INTASC standards. Rural participants differed significantly from non-rural participants in their lower self-perceived accomplishment of action plan goals. Rural participants were significantly more likely to move from their 1st positions after 1 year, but their …