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Habitus, Scaffolding, and Problem-Based Learning: Why Teachers’ Experiences as Students Matter

Teacher Attitudes/Beliefs
Teacher Practice
Elementary
Middle
High
Access Link
http://www.springerlink.com/content/rh36wu3309554640/
Author/Presenter

Brian Belland

Lead Organization(s)
Utah State University (USU)
Year
2012
Short Description

Despite evidence that it can help students learn higher-order thinking skills and gain deep content knowledge, problem-based learning (PBL) is not deployed on a large scale in K-12 classrooms. This conceptual chapter explores teacher’s past experiences, and resulting habitus, to explain the minimal extent of PBL in K-12 schools. Central to teachers’ abilities to implement PBL is their ability to provide scaffolding, and their habitus may interfere with this process. Implications for teacher education and teacher change are discussed.

Why discourse deserves our attention!

Mathematics
High

In A. Florio (Editor) Mathematics for every student: Responding to diversity, Grades 9-12 (pp. 103-115). Reston, Va: NCTM.

Access Link
http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13410
Author/Presenter

Herbel-Eisenmann, B.

Cirillo, M.

Skowronski, K.

Year
2009
Short Description

In A. Florio (Editor) Mathematics for every student: Responding to diversity, Grades 9-12 (pp. 103-115). Reston, Va: NCTM.

TED TALK -- Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover

Mathematics
High
Access Link
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html
Author/Presenter

Dan Meyer

Year
2010
Short Description

Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.

Teaching Mathematics, Teaching Students, Teaching Mathematics to Students (Thompson, Miller)

Algebra
Mathematics
Middle
High
Access Link
http://cadrek12.org/sites/default/files/THOMPSON%202009-11%20NSF%20DRk-12.pdf
Author/Presenter

Patrick Thompson

Christina Miller

Year
2009
Short Description

This session considers teachers’ transitions from teacher-centered mathematics to student-centered mathematics, including issues of meaning, coherence, and learnability, as well as the importance of working with colleagues.

Target Inquiry: Transforming In‐Service Teacher Professional Development and Instruction in High School Chemistry (Yezierski, Herrington)

Chemistry
Science
Professional Development
High
Access Link
http://cadrek12.org/sites/default/files/Yezierski%20Herrington%20Target%20Inqui…
Author/Presenter

Ellen Yezierski

Deborah Herrington

Year
2009
Short Description

This session presents results of a four-year longitudinal, mixed-methods study showing how Target Inquiry affects teacher beliefs, transforms teacher practice, and increases student achievement.

SURGE: Connecting students' intuitive understandings about kinematics and Newtonian mechanics into explicit formalized frameworks (Clark)

Assessment
Curriculum
Gaming/Virtual Environments
Physics
Technology
Middle
High
Author/Presenter

Douglas Clark

Year
2009
Short Description

In this session, the presenters discuss findings and experiences regarding technology-embedded assessment and how to support teachers in using it effectively.

Resource(s)
Clark SURGE slides.ppt
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