A team of mathematics educators across campus received a $2,000,000 grant from the National Science Foundation through the Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) program. The team is formed by Dawn Berk (PI), James Hiebert (Co-PI), Tonya Bartell, Amanda Jansen, and Anne Morris from the School of Education; Alfinio Flores (Co-PI) from the Department of Mathematical Sciences; and Jon Manon from MSERC. The five year project will study two cohorts of teachers from their last year of their teacher preparation program through their first three years of their teaching careers. The purpose of the study is to determine to what extent and under what conditions does the knowledge and teaching skills learned by mathematics teachers prepared at the University of Delaware have an impact on their own students. The insights gained by the study may have an impact on teacher preparation programs as well as induction and professional development programs.

Article created: October 22, 2009