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Taylor, Nick – Perspectives in Education, 2016
Initial teacher education (ITE) serves as a bridge between prospective teachers exiting the school system to enrol in teacher education faculties, on the one hand and newly qualified teachers (NQTs) who are embarking on a career in schooling on the other. The present paper describes the language and thinking skills student teachers bring to their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Thinking Skills, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Effectiveness
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Masters, Jessica; de Kramer, Raquel Magidin; O'Dwyer, Laura M.; Dash, Sheralyn; Russell, Michael – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
Online professional development (OPD) has great potential to improve teacher quality by improving teachers' knowledge and instructional practices, with the ultimate goal of improving student achievement. There is a dearth of scientific research, however, on the effects of OPD. This article presents the results of a randomized control trial…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Teacher Effectiveness, Language Arts, Grade 4
US Department of Education, 2008
On March 13, 2008, the National Mathematics Advisory Panel submitted its Final Report to the President of the United States and the Secretary of Education, and it was officially released to the public on that date, as well. The Panel agrees that the delivery system in mathematics education--the system that translates mathematical knowledge into…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Mathematics Education, Teacher Effectiveness