[Scico-list] FW: [CML] Fwd: Online Professional Development Research Study: 5th and 8th Grade Math Teachers

[Kamal, Sue]

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From: Fran Berry [mailto:fberry at estreet.com] 
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Subject: [CML] Fwd: Online Professional Development Research Study: 5th
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From: "Jessica Masters" <jessica.masters at bc.edu>

Date: May 3, 2007 9:10:09 AM MDT

To: <ncsm-members at mathforum.org>

Subject: Online Professional Development Research Study: 5th and 8th
Grade Math Teachers

Reply-To: <jessica.masters at bc.edu>

 

Boston College is conducting a research study as part of a US Department
of Education Ready to Teach grant, the e-Learning for Educators
Initiative.  The primary goal of the overall initiative is to establish
an effective and sustainable model of online professional development
for teachers.  Part of the initiative involves conducting a large-scale
research study which will evaluate the effects of online professional
development on teacher knowledge, teacher practices, and student
achievement.  

 

We invite all 5th grade Math and 8th grade Math teachers of traditional
classrooms to participate in this study!  The study spans three school
semesters (Spring 2007, Fall 2007, and Spring 2008).  Participating
teachers will be randomly assigned to either the experimental group or
the control group.  Some details are listed below and all details can be
found at our website: http://www.bc.edu/efe <http://www.bc.edu/efe> 

 

Teachers assigned to the experimental group will participate in a series
of three online professional development workshops, free of charge.
These workshops were specifically designed for this study, focus on both
content knowledge and pedagogical practices, and offer information and
techniques that you can directly apply in the classroom.  The workshops
are targeted towards subjects where students tend to struggle and are
based on state and national standards.  Teachers completing the
workshops are eligible for graduate credits.  Teachers assigned to the
control group will also have access to these same courses, free of
charge, once the study completes (June 2008).

 

Teachers in both the experimental group and the control group will also
take a series of online surveys and administer a series of online tests
to their students.  Teachers receive instant feedback about student
performance from these tests, which can be used to inform future
instruction.  Additionally, teachers will receive a $300 stipend upon
completion of all surveys and tests.

 

We support your efforts to improve teacher quality and student learning
and strongly encourage you to participate.  The workshops begin in May
and July, and the first round of surveys and tests must be completed
before the workshops begin, so sign up now!  Please visit the research
study website for more information or to register for the study
(http://www.bc.edu/efe <http://www.bc.edu/efe> ).

 

You can also contact the researcher below with any questions:

 

Jessica Masters 

jessica.masters at bc.edu

(617) 552-3574

 

Thank you in advance for your consideration

 

Sincerely,

Jessica Masters

 

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Jessica Masters, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy

323 Campion Hall

Boston College 

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

(617) 552-3574

 

 

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