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Handbook of Research on Online Pedagogical Models for Mathematics Teacher Education
Are those that occur at a given time, with all the participants present, whether physically or virtually, with the ability to communicate with no more than minute time lapses.
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Online Mathematics Teacher Professional Development
Sandra B. Nite (Texas A&M University, USA) and Ali Bicer (University of Wyoming, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1476-4.ch012
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to describe an online learning environment that has been used for professional development with mathematics teachers and can be used for pre-service teacher education. The description of the Blackboard Learn and Blackboard Collaborate combination for the mathematics teacher education enables teachers to collaboratively engage in inquiry, reasoning and justification, and technology integration as participants. In addition, teachers can have opportunities to discuss various ways to incorporate these ideas more fully into their instructional practices.
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