MKTT
- The primary goal of this project is to develop a collection of videocases, and accompanying facilitator guides, as well as other teaching and learning materials to be used in professional development workshops for mathematics faculty who are responsible for teaching preservice elementary teachers. In addition, the project will evaluate the impact of the teaching cases and professional development materials on both faculty participants and their students (i.e., preservice teachers). The purpose of this Type 1 project is to develop teaching and learning materials to be used in professional development workshops for and to develop faculty expertise in supporting PSTs' development of mathematical knowledge for teaching. The videocases and other materials will be developed from a multimedia database of teaching and learning artifacts from five iterations of a mathematics content course for preservice teachers at UIC. The database includes detailed lesson plans, over 200 hours of videotaped class sessions, over 100 hours of audiotaped small group discussions, photographs of preservice teachers' board work, and digitized copies of preservice teachers' classwork, exams, and course notebooks.
We are currently in the initial planning and development stages of this project. Please check back soon for more project updates.
For more information about the VPEM Project or for inquiries about using the videocases, please contact amcastro@uic.edu.