Small-Group Instruction in Mathematics: Naturalistic Research in Teaching and Learning

本系统的三至六年级数学课堂教学研究项目旨在：(1)描述教师对小组数学教学的看法，特别是对指定特别适合小组教学的数学内容感兴趣；(2)识别教师在小组教学中使用的教学策略；(3)在不同的教育情境中复制这些教学策略；(4)在问题解决、评估和测量方面检查小组教学（制作这些课程的录像带以及编码课堂行为）；(5)考察不同小组教学策略与学生数学成绩的相关性；(6)在国家顾问委员会的协助下，开发至少两种创新的方法来提高小组数学教学的有效性；(7)在讨论研究成果和概念的专著中传播项目结果，并在演示有效实践的录像带中传播项目结果。

This systematic research project of classroom teaching and learning of mathematics in grades 3 through 6 is intended to : (1) describe teachers' beliefs about small-group mathematics instruction with a particular interest in specifying mathematical content that is especially appropriate for small-group instruction; (2) identify instructional strategies teachers use during small-group instruction; (3) replicate those instructional strategies in different educational contexts; (4) examine small-group instruction in the areas of problem solving, estimation, and measurement (making videotapes of these lessons as well as coding classroom behavior); (5) examine the correlation between different small-group instructional strategies and students' mathematics performance; (6) with the assistance of the National Advisory Board, develop at least two innovative treatments for improving the effectiveness of small-group mathematics instruction; and (7) disseminate the results of the project in a monograph discussing research findings and concepts and in a videotape(s) that will illustrate effective practices.