From the Written to the Enacted Curricula: The Intermediary Role of Middle School Mathematics Teachers in Shaping Students' Opportunity to Learn

Autor/inn/en	Tarr, James E.; Chavez, Oscar; Reys, Robert E.; Reys, Barbara J.
Titel	From the Written to the Enacted Curricula: The Intermediary Role of Middle School Mathematics Teachers in Shaping Students' Opportunity to Learn
Quelle	In: School Science and Mathematics, 106 (2006) 4, S.191 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6803
Schlagwörter	Textbooks; Mathematics Teachers; Mathematics Achievement; Middle School Teachers; Mathematics Instruction; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht
Abstract	In this paper is reported the extent of textbook use by 39 middle school mathematics teachers in six states, 17 utilizing a textbook series developed with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF-funded) and 22 using textbooks developed by commercial publishers (publisher-generated). Results indicate that both sets of teachers placed significantly higher emphasis on Number and Operation, often at the expense of other content strands. Location of topics within a textbook represented an oversimplified explanation of what mathematics gets taught or omitted. Most teachers using an NSF-funded curriculum taught content intended for students in a different (lower) grade, and both sets of teachers supplemented with skill-building and "practice" worksheets. Implications for documenting teachers' "fidelity of implementation" (National Research Council, 2004) are offered. (Contains 3 tables and 7 figures.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10