Some Conceptions are Difficult to Change: One Middle School Mathematics Teacher's Struggle.

Wilson, Melvin (Skip); Goldenberg, Michael Paul

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ERIC Number: EJ584593

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Some Conceptions are Difficult to Change: One Middle School Mathematics Teacher's Struggle.

Wilson, Melvin (Skip); Goldenberg, Michael Paul

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, v1 n3 p269-93 1998

Describes a framework for investigating approaches to mathematics teaching, in light of recent reforms, which is used to explore the struggles of a veteran middle-school mathematics teacher as he attempted to modify his teaching practices. Concludes that the teacher was successful in broadening some aspects of his pedagogical thinking and practice. Contains 50 references. (ASK)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Faculty Development, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mathematics Teachers, Middle Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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