Visualize Teaching is a 4-year research design and development project funded by National Science Foundation (grant #1907561) with two goals:
1. Design a professional development program with
- learning opportunities for teachers on mathematical argumentation combined with other math practices; and
- planning and reflection of their lesson through a cycle of coaching sessions.
2. Investigate how these learning opportunities support teachers in integrating new teaching practices that result in
- equitable student participation in mathematical practices; and
- students learning math concepts and skills.
To design the PD, we use a co-design approach, collaborating with experienced coaches to help ensure the program will work with real coaches, teachers, and students.
For research, we use both quantitative and qualitative methods to study effectiveness of our program. Methods include:
- linear hierarchical modeling to investigate teacher and student learning of mathematical content and practices using survey and assessments; and
- video recording and interviews to develop case studies of teachers to understand in-depth their journeys, experiences of learning, and how they equitably support their students’ argumentation.