Promoting teacher learning: a framework for evaluating the educative features of mathematics curriculum materials

Educative curricula, curriculum materials that intentionally foster teacher professional development, can serve as a site for teacher learning through their use in daily instructional practices. The present article introduces a framework, Teacher Learning Opportunities in Mathematics Curriculum Mate...

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Published inJournal of mathematics teacher education Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 351 - 385
Main Authors Quebec Fuentes, Sarah, Ma, Jingjing
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2018
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Curricula
Curriculum Development
Education
Educational materials
Educational Technology
Evaluation Methods
Individualized Instruction
Knowledge
Knowledge Level
Learning
Mathematical analysis
Mathematics
Mathematics Curriculum
Mathematics Education
Mathematics Instruction
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Philosophy of Education
Student Evaluation
Teachers
Teaching and Teacher Education
Technology Uses in Education
Mathematics
Teacher learning
Framework
Educative curriculum materials
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Summary:Educative curricula, curriculum materials that intentionally foster teacher professional development, can serve as a site for teacher learning through their use in daily instructional practices. The present article introduces a framework, Teacher Learning Opportunities in Mathematics Curriculum Materials (TLO-Math), for designing and evaluating mathematics curriculum materials’ educative features according to seven theoretically based variables: (1) mathematics content knowledge for teaching, (2) teacher knowledge of student thinking in mathematics, (3) teacher knowledge of disciplinary discourse in mathematics, (4) teacher knowledge of assessment in mathematics, (5) teacher knowledge of differentiated instruction in mathematics, (6) teacher knowledge of technology use in mathematics, and (7) teacher knowledge of mathematical community. Each variable is illustrated with a definition, guiding questions, discipline-specific literature, and examples from two sets of elementary mathematics curriculum materials. The development of the TLO-Math framework is a critical first step for further study of the use of mathematics curriculum materials as sites for teacher learning.
ISSN:1386-4416
1573-1820
DOI:10.1007/s10857-017-9366-2