IDM-supported and web-based video cases to develop professional learning communities for teachers in mathematics problem solving in Singapore

Abstract

"The eventual goal of the project is to broaden the access of teachers to online collegial interactive platforms and opportunity to analyze classroom discourse, teacher decision making, tools of teaching and student learning in regular lessons. ... To achieve the goal, the project focused on addressing the following research questions: 1) What constitutes and how to develop a rich and educative video case on problem solving (bridging algebra through the model method) facilitated by interactive digital media and web technology? 2) What constitutes and how to design an effective online platform for teacher learning anchored the video cases of teaching surrounding the bridging issues in Singapore? 3) What have we achieved in piloting the design in one local school to build an online PLC?"-- [p. 4].