Decades of research has shown that most professional development fails to result in
changes to teachers' classroom practice. This project explores an innovative professional …

Intensive mathematics professional development incorporated the four teaching principles of
Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2000), being assessment-centered, community-centered …

Our study reports on a professional development initiative designed to provide teachers with
experiences to support them as they move from a model of teacher explanation and …

Background With the current climate of educational reform in the United States and with
teacher quality seen as critical to success (Wilson, Duffy, Fiori, Halladay, & Mapuranga …

The constant educational reforms, pedagogical innovations, and new technologies place
teachers capacity for change as a necessary attribute to the profession. Professional …

Professional development that furthers teachers' understanding of mathematics classroom
discourse offers possibilities to improve students' learning of mathematics. It is not clear …

Filling the knowledge gap in the limited research on professional development leaders is an
urgent issue if teacher learning is to be improved. This research and development project is …

Given the need to improve mathematics education in the US (National Research Council,
2013), calls have been made for doctoral programs to provide students with professional …

The creation of a PreK-8 Mathematics Specialist credential provides an unprecedented
opportunity for Virginia school leaders to improve student achievement in mathematics. If …

This study examines the effects of professional development on various aspects of teachers'
mathematics instruction. Using data collected between 2005 and 2009, we examined the …