TITLE:
Ameliorating Pedagogical Competencies in Mathematics for Secondary School Teachers
AUTHORS:
Rebecca R. Robichaux, Paulette Rodrigue, Anthony J. Guarino
KEYWORDS:
Mathematics Education; Pedagogy; Professional Development
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.4 No.3,
March
18,
2013
ABSTRACT: This article reports the efficacy of the Multidimensional Content-Based Mathematics
Professional Development Project in ameliorating pedagogical competencies in mathematics for secondary school
teachers. The project protocol is an intensive two week all day summer session
with six all day Saturday sessions scheduled throughout the following fall
semester. Participants were 28 secondary mathematics teachers randomly selected
from schools identified as low-performing. Data were analyzed by conducting a
repeated measure analysis of variance and apolynomial
regression analysis. Resultsindicated
a statistically significant 28% improvement in mathematics pedagogical
competencies. Implications of this study are discussed.