Implications for Developing and Researching Elementary School Mathematics Coaches

Purpose – In the USA, school districts are funding mathematics coaching positions to provide school-level support to teachers. The purpose of this paper is to survey school personnel whose job responsibilities included mathematics coaching in order to examine their job responsibilities and what they felt that their job responsibilities should be. Design/methodology/approach – In all, 67 elementary school mathematics coaches completed a survey that included 30 aspects of the job of elementary school mathematics leaders. Findings – Quantitative analyses indicated that there were statistically significant differences between their actual roles and their preferred roles on 24 of the 30 items. This means that coaches reported that the aspects of their current role did not align to what they thought their job should be. Research limitations/implications – The findings indicate a need to collect further information in a longitudinal study, potentially from a combination of surveys, interviews, and observations, about elementary mathematics coaches’ job responsibilities and the impact that coaches have on both teachers and students. Practical implications – The findings indicate a need for school leaders, mathematics leaders (coaches), and classroom teachers to work together to utilize mathematics leaders more effectively so as to best support teachers’ instruction and students’ learning. Originality/value – While some research has been published on literacy coaching, the research base on mathematics coaching is scant. This study contributes to the knowledge base about the roles and duties of coaches in elementary school settings.

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Eliciting Student Thinking in Elementary School Mathematics Classrooms

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e643702011-001 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Megan L. Franke ◽

Noreen M. Webb ◽

Angela Chan ◽

Dan Battey ◽

Marsha Ing ◽

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Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Student Thinking ◽

School Mathematics ◽

Elementary School Mathematics ◽

Mathematics Classrooms

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Examination of Pre-Service Elementary School Mathematics Teachers' Knowledge for Algebra Teaching

International Online Journal of Educational Sciences ◽

10.15345/iojes.2018.01.011 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Derya Çelik ◽

Mustafa Güler

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Mathematics Teachers ◽

School Mathematics ◽

Elementary School Mathematics

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Analisis Materi Pokok Matematika Kelas III MI/SD

el-Ibtidaiy:Journal of Primary Education ◽

10.24014/ejpe.v3i1.9531 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Shindy Lestari

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Character Education ◽

Subject Matter ◽

Financial Literacy ◽

Digital Literacy ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

School Mathematics ◽

Field Of Study ◽

Elementary School Mathematics ◽

Important Field

Analysis of mathematics subject matter in elementary school is a very important field of study taught at every level of education. The 2013 curriculum separates the field of mathematics studies from themes so that this field of study is a subject that stands alone. Through mathematics subject matter taught in elementary school can train students to think critically, rationally, logically, innovatively so that they have competitiveness. As for the problems discussed from the subject matter in elementary school mathematics which is seen from the suitability of the teacher's book and the student's book, in this case it discusses: 1) the scope of mathematics material grade 3rd elementary school, 2) the characteristics of mathematics subject matter in elementary school, 3) the relevance in elementary school mathematics subject matter to the scientific structure, namely student character, HOTS, 4C skills, literacy numeracy, digital literacy, financial literacy and character education, 4) learning innovation based on integration-interconnection in accordance with the science of development and technology and the needs of the community in the Industrial Revolution Era 4.0.

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