ERIC Number: EJ1404847
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
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Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs about Which Practices They Implement: A Q-Sort Analysis
Trena L. Wilkerson; Ryann N. Shelton
Investigations in Mathematics Learning, v15 n4 p331-347 2023
The Mathematics Teaching Practices identified by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics are eight research-based practices that promote mathematics teachers' implementation of specific knowledge to support student understanding. We wondered which practices mathematics teachers perceived as most characteristic and least characteristic of their teaching and if groups of mathematics teachers might have similar beliefs about their use of the MTPs in their teaching. Data from 39 mathematics teachers of grades 5-12 and one administrator who completed the Teacher Action Q-Sort revealed three distinctive groups: predominantly high school teachers and teachers with post-baccalaureate degrees, predominantly early career middle school teachers, and predominantly beginning middle school teachers. We describe each group, provide a visualization for each group's composite Q-sort, and report the similarities and differences across the groups of teachers. We also include implications and recommendations for teachers of mathematics and those who provide professional development to teachers of mathematics.
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Q Methodology, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Administrator Attitudes, Faculty Development, Educational Practices, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Evidence Based Practice
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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