Learning and Instruction A SERP Research Agenda (2004) / Chapter Skim
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. Its purpose is to provide a powerful knowledge base, derived from both research and the study of practice, that can support the efforts of teachers, school administrators, colleges of education, and policy officials to improve student learning.
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2. Are there pervasive problems of practice that are widely recognized as critical, but for which the knowledge base is too weak to guide instructional practice?
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research and development of instructional materials, protocols, and supports at different grade levels for teachers who are learning to use metacognitive strategy instruction in the classroom; 3. research on the instructional practices of teachers whose students "beat the odds" in their reading comprehension performance, with companion efforts to test the emerging hypotheses and incorporate tested E X UTIVE SUMMARY 3
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development of early mathematics assessments that capture the range of understanding and skills involved in mathematical proficiency, with companion research and development efforts aimed at identifying and providing the supports needed by teachers to use assessments effectively in teaching; 2. research and development on the knowledge required to teach elementary mathematics, on alternative approaches to teacher education that would support that knowledge development, and on the teacher supports required to take promising curricula to scale; and 3.
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research and development on alternative approaches in the teaching and learning of algebra, with controlled experimentation at the level of particular program features, with a companion effort to extend existing curricula in promising directions; 2. research on the knowledge of mathematics needed to teach algebra effectively at different grade levels and research and development on effective teacher education interventions; 3.
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research on the requirements to take promising physics curricula to scale in different school contexts, with companion efforts to develop supports for independent use of a curriculum; 3. research on teacher knowledge requirements for effective use of a curriculum and how that knowledge builds with teacher learning opportunities and experience.
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We propose programs of research motivated by significant questions of educational practice and draw on the variety of methodologies required both to understand processes and to rigorously test outcomes. The proposed program would have the ability to investigate empirically the problems of instructional practice in SERP field sites at which high-quaTity data can be collected longitudinally.
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The work we propose here has the potential to substantially improve the knowledge base to support teaching and learning by pursuing answers to questions at the core of teaching practice. It calls for a linking of research and development of instructional programs, assessment tools, teacher education programs and materials that is now rare.
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