Understanding Mathematics Classroom Teaching: Hermeneutics Inquiry

Understanding professional vision in inquiry science teaching

To understand inquiry science teaching, we must understand how practicing and prospective teachers see the activity of teaching. This study examines how practicing and prospective teachers highlight and code classroom activity in an effort to understand the nature of professional pedagogical vision (Goodwin, 1994). Results indicate that differences exist in terms of: actor focus, questions, gra...

Teaching Neuroscience to Science Teachers: Facilitating the Translation of Inquiry-Based Teaching Instruction to the Classroom

In science education, inquiry-based approaches to teaching and learning provide a framework for students to building critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Teacher professional development has been an ongoing focus for promoting such educational reforms. However, despite a strong consensus regarding best practices for professional development, relatively little systematic research has do...

Inquiry on the Improvement Teaching Quality in the Classroom with Meta-Teaching Skills

Inquiry Based Mathematics Instruction Versus Traditional Mathematics Instruction: The Effect on Student Understanding and Comprehension in an Eighth Grade Pre-Algebra Classroom

Teaching Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics via a Hands-On Approach