Using Implementation Failure to Design Animated Classroom Stories for Professional Development in Elementary Mathematics

• In Event: D&D - Designing for Professional Development and Training

Short Description

This session details the use of implementation failure to inform the design of professional development cases in elementary mathematics. The researchers worked closely with local teachers to develop and implement paper-based prototypes of teaching cases that focus on the implementation of cognitively demanding fraction tasks. Failure in implementation was evidenced in teacher, designer, and student data. Failures were integrated into final case design and evaluated by both pre-service and in-service teachers.

Authors

• T J Kopcha, University of Georgia

• Keri Valentine, University of Georgia