Conceptions of Turkish mathematics teachers about the effectiveness of classroom teaching |
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| Authors: | Selda Y?ld?r?m Hüseyin Hüsnü Y?ld?r?m |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Bolu Abant ?zzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkeycet_s@ibu.edu.tr;3. Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Bolu Abant ?zzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | This study investigated how Turkish mathematics teachers evaluate the effectiveness of classroom teaching in terms of improving students’ mathematical proficiency. To this purpose, teachers were asked to evaluate a mathematics lesson as presented them in a vignette. By means of cluster analysis, the participants’ evaluations of the lesson were described in five thematic dimensions, which could be further assembled into two overriding categories: students’ understanding of the subject, and teachers’ classroom practices. The overall aim of the current paper is to propose a preliminary model of the framework that Turkish mathematics teachers use to evaluate a mathematics lesson. |
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| Keywords: | Effective teaching teacher conceptions mathematics teaching teacher education |
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