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Jacobbe, Tim; Ross, Dorene D.; Caron, D. Alvarez; Barko, Timothy; Busi, Rich – Teacher Education and Practice, 2014
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has called for changes in mathematics teaching from a procedural to conceptual focus since 1980, yet the way mathematics is taught in many classrooms continues to contradict the recommended practices. The pervasiveness of this challenge has led some educators to suggest changes in university…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
Bostic, Jonathan D.; Pape, Stephen J.; Jacobbe, Tim – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2016
This teaching experiment provided students with continuous engagement in a problem-solving based instructional approach during one mathematics unit. Three sections of sixth-grade mathematics were sampled from a school in Florida, U.S.A. and one section was randomly assigned to experience teaching through problem solving. Students' problem-solving…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Grade 6, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
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Jones, Dustin L.; Jacobbe, Tim – Journal of Statistics Education, 2014
We analyzed the statistical content within mathematics textbooks used in courses for preparing elementary teachers. Six textbooks commonly used in the United States comprised our sample. Each task in statistical sections was analyzed using both the levels of the GAISE framework (Franklin et al. 2007) and phases of the statistical problem solving…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Textbook Content