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Publication Date: 2011-Feb
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School Pupil Change Associated with a Continuing Professional Development Programme for Teachers
Watson, Jane; Beswick, Kim
Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, v37 n1 p63-75 Feb 2011
This paper reports on the evaluation of a six-day programme that provided professional learning to middle school teachers with the aim of equipping them to assist their pupils to achieve improved numeracy outcomes. A teacher profiling instrument designed to measure varied aspects of teachers' knowledge for teaching mathematics was administered to 29 teachers at the beginning and end of the programme. As well, over 670 of their pupils were surveyed at the beginning of the programme and the end of the school year in relation to the mathematical experiences they had in their classrooms and their performance on basic numeracy tasks. Evidence of changed classroom practice and improved pupil performance was observed. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Numeracy, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Professional Continuing Education, Knowledge Level, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Pretests Posttests, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, Student Surveys, Teacher Surveys, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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