Supporting Teachers' Understandings of Function through Online Professional Development

Autor/in	Silverman, Jason
Titel	Supporting Teachers' Understandings of Function through Online Professional Development
Quelle	In: Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 36 (2017) 1, S.17-39 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0731-9258
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Teachers; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Online Courses; Faculty Development; Mathematics Education; Mathematical Concepts; Algebra; Abstract Reasoning; Calculus; Graduate Study; Course Descriptions; Mathematics Tests; Pretests Posttests; Scores; Problem Solving; Computer Mediated Communication; Asynchronous Communication; Cooperative Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Online course; Online-Kurs; Mathematische Bildung; Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Kursstrukturplan; Problemlösen; Computerkonferenz; Kooperatives Lernen
Abstract	This article explores one segment of an extended research and development project that was conducted to better understand the ways online teacher professional development can support teachers' development of deep and connected mathematical understandings. In particular, this article discusses teachers' understandings of the concept of function--primarily functions as a process and covariational reasoning--and how specific online professional development activities can support gains in teachers' understandings of the foundational reasoning abilities and understandings that underlie pre-calculus and calculus. The authors present the mathematical goals for the professional development, the mathematical tasks participating teachers engaged with, and the model for online collaboration employed to support teachers' mathematical development. The article includes a discussion of the significant gains that can be attributed to participation in the online professional development and the implications for mathematics education. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. P.O. Box 1545, Chesapeake, VA 23327. Tel: 757-366-5606; Fax: 703-997-8760; e-mail: info@aace.org; Web site: http://www.aace.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01