EJ627349
SP529257
Title: Learning
To Teach Mathematics: Focus on Student Thinking.
Author(s): Franke, Megan Loef; Kazemi, Elham
Source: Theory into Practice, v40 n2 p102-109 Spr 2001
Publication Date: 2001
ISSN: 0040-5841
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Journal Announcement: CIJNOV2001
Describes
a research and development project, Cognitively Guided Instruction,
to illustrate how theory and research inform the teaching and learning
of mathematics. The project engaged first grade teachers with research-based
knowledge about the development of children's mathematical thinking,
studying teachers' use of this knowledge in the classroom and examining
changes in their beliefs and knowledge. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education; Elementary School Teachers; Faculty
Development; Grade 1; Mathematics Education; *Mathematics Instruction;
Teaching Methods; *Thinking Skills
Identifiers: *Cognitively Guided Instruction; Situated Learning
