Research
2007-2008 Funded Project
Exploring Mathematics – K-3 Teachers Efland Cheeks and Central Elementary Schools
Olof Steinthorsdottir, assistant professor of mathematics education, and Susan Friel, professor of mathematics education, are working with K-3 teachers at Efland Cheeks and Central Elementary Schools to help them reconsider approaches to math and to research how the trainings impact teachers' practice.
The first phase in the process involves introducing teachers to the use of the Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) instructional framework and working with them to explore the concurrent use of assessment and intervention strategies that address key developmental understandings. Friel and Steinthorsdottir will work with the K-3 teachers at both Efland Cheeks and Central Elementary Schools to introduce them to this framework and related assessment and instructional practices. They will; support them throughout the year as they explore the implementation of these practices, i.e., build their range of experiences in working with children who are attempting to make sense of mathematics rather than learn mathematics in disconnected and procedural ways.
