Proposal: Making the Most of Methodological Decisions (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2013 Research Presession)

Wednesday, April 17, 2013: 3:40 PM

Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)

Daniel J Heck , Horizon Research, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC

Johannah Nikula , Education Development Center, Inc., Waltham, MA

Rachel Wing DiMateo , Education Development Center, Waltham, MA

Evelyn M Gordon , Horizon Research, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC

Mark Driscoll , Education Development Center, Waltham, MA

Kristen Malzahn , Horizon Reseach, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC

Description:
Methodological decisions can maximize what can be investigated and learned in a research effort. Benefits of three methodological decisions will be shared from a study examining effects on teachers, teaching, and students following middle-grades teachers’ participation in a 40-hour professional development program on geometric thinking.