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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"NCTM"”.
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Implementing the NCTM Standards in a Traditional Classroom
For more than a quarter of this century, change in mathematics education has been proposed in the United States. According to Hatfield and Price (1992), change fell short in the 1950s and 1960s because reforms were typically headed by college mathematicians and were directed toward improving …
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An analysis of mathematics instructional leadership behaviors among Indiana secondary school principals supportive of the implementation of the NCTM Standards
… that supported the implementation of the NCTM Standards.A self-reporting survey was sent to 300 randomly chosen secondary school principals, from a population of 672 public school secondary principals in the State of Indiana during the 2000-2001 school year. A total of 151 usable surveys …
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The Influence of Teacher Preparation Programs on Student Achievement and the Use of NCTM Standards and Principles in Middle School and High School Algebra I Classrooms
… implement instructional strategies based on NCTM standards or principles regardless of the type of training program.</p>
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An investigation of pre-service teachers' and professional mathematicians' perceptions of mathematical proof at the secondary school level
… National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM] states that by the time students graduate high school, they should learn to present "arguments consisting of logically rigorous deductions of conclusions from hypotheses" (NCTM, 2000, p. 56) in "written forms that would be acceptable to …
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Case Study of Participants in a Site-Based Secondary Mathematics Methods Course and Internship: Three Teachers in Transition
… the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) introduced standards intended to reform the teaching of mathematics in 1989, those reform-oriented practices have not saturated mathematics teaching. Mathematics teacher educators continue to work with pre-service and practicing teachers to …
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Effects of a Mathematics Education Web -Based Workshop on Preservice Elementary Teachers
… of many national reports, such as the NCTM Professional Standards for School Mathematics (2000), to substantially increase the role of instructional technology in the contemporary mathematics classroom.
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Implementing Whole Class Discussions in a Seventh Grade Unit on Ratios
… The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) (2004) stated that in order to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of mathematics, students must be able to communicate about it. As a teacher-researcher, I have identified several of the reasons that there has been increased emphasis …
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Mathematics Curriculum Revised to Align to Common Core State Standards
… the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards, to align with the new national standards. This research provides an explanation of the changes that will occur due to the CCSS in a seventh grade probability and statistics unit. An updated unit plan that has been reviewed by …
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Integrating Literacy Strategies into the Mathematics Classroom
… the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have taken center stage. The CCSS focus on creating national standards and seek to better prepare students for college and career after graduating from high school. This curriculum project …
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The Relationship Between Middle School Students' Mathematical Vocabulary and Their Achievements in Mathematics: A Mixed Method Study
… National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) included communication in the standards encouraging students to develop their mathematical language to sufficiently and accurately explain their ideas through discourse. For years, there has been a growing movement for students to attain …
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A Comparative Analysis of the Singapore Math Curriculum and the Everyday Mathematics Curriculum on Fifth Grade Achievement in a Large Northeastern Urban Public School District
… program, Math in Focus: Singapore Math, and one NCTM-aligned mathematics program, Everyday Mathematics, on Grade 5 mathematics performance. An explanatory non-experimental research design was employed using post hoc pre- and post-treatment data from 2010 NJ ASK3 and 2012 NJ ASK5 administrations, …
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Music of the triangles: How students come to understand trigonometric identities and transformations
… is an essential part of mathematics education (NCTM, 2000; NGA, 2010). Trigonometry is prevalent in studies of pure mathematics as well as physical applications. Trigonometric identities and transformations are particularly important. However, students and even teachers have struggled to …
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Teacher Efficacy in Relation to Mathematics Reform: A Look at a Collaborative Group of Elementary Teachers
… the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM]. Since teacher beliefs can have a significant influence on what teachers do in their classroom, this study investigated the impact of an alternative form of professional teacher development designed to impact both general and personal teacher …
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Guided Imagery's Effects on the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy of Elementary Preservice Teachers
… National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards for professional development have been successful. This study supports the notion that a mathematics methods course can improve mathematics teaching efficacy in the constructs of personal mathematics teaching efficacy (PMTE) and …
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Assessing the Development of Mathematics Curricula in Jordan During the Period 1964-1999 : A Historical Study
… for School Mathematics” which issued by NCTM, the response and opinion of interview sample to the items of a study tool (questionnaire). Chapter five: Include discussion of the findings and the results of the study according to the study question, and investigate the characteristics and …
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Image of Self as Teacher Mediated by Computer Technologies in Learning to Teach
… National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC), and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).
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A Technologically Enriched Geometry Curriculum
… in mind the standards set forth by NYSED and NCTM, which studied congruent triangles. Since the congruent triangles unit is often the first introduction to formal proof techniques in today's secondary geometry classroom, this served the study effectively. The research was conducted in an …
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The Effects of Teachers' Mathematical Practices on Student Achievement in the Diverse Classroom
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) vision for mathematics education is to provide every student with high-quality instruction from highly effective teachers. Achieving this goal requires a solid mathematics curriculum, competent and experienced teachers who can integrate …
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Leading Learners to Level Up in a High School Mathematics Classroom
… The first Mathematics Teaching Practice from NCTM’s <em>Principles to Actions</em> asserts that “effective teaching of mathematics establishes clear goals for the mathematics that students are learning, situates goals within learning progressions, and uses the goals to guide instructional …
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Reaching students in a remedial college mathematics course: the roles of a teacher's care
… instructional methods advocated by NCTM (2000) versus the more teacher-centered approach that this caring mathematics instructor employed in order to meet students’ perceived needs. This study illuminates specific ways in which a teacher’s care is important for enhancing the …
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