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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