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Thinking About Mathematics Instruction


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Thinking About Mathematics Instruction
Leadership Content Knowledge
Elementary and Middle School Principals’ Survey

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Overview and comparison of the Pre- and Post-surveys
  3. Pre-Survey
  4. Post-Survey
  5. Assembling Your Own Mathematics Content Knowledge Section
  6. Coding Schemes and Sample Responses
  7. Validity and Reliability Considerations

Coding Schemes and Sample Responses

There are two coding schemes for assessing principals’ open responses to the questions about the classroom scenario (A Classroom Reflection): one set of codes assesses the pedagogical lens through which principals interpreted the teaching actions described in the scenario (BELIEFS coding scheme) and one assesses the degree to which principals’ responses attended to the mathematics at play in the scenario (MATH-IN-USE (MIU) coding scheme).  A third coding scheme, (Strand-coding scheme) for responses to A Classroom Reflection, which remained the same on both pre- and post-surveys, was designed to identify more subtle shifts in beliefs than those picked up by the Beliefs coding scheme. Click below to view the desired section.

 

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