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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Transactions ID Number: 20-326
Full Name: Gail Gallitano
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: 205 Snowberry Way, West Chester, PA 19380
Country: UNITED STATES
Tel: 610-280-7769 (home)
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Fax: 610-738-0578
E-mail address: ggallitano@wcupa.edu
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Title of the Paper: The Content and Format of a Professional Development Program and Its Attitudinal Effect on Teachers of Mathematics
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Gail M. Gallitano and Kathleen Jackson
Email addresses of all the authors: ggallitano@wcupa.edu and kjackson@wcupa.edu
Number of paper pages: 8
Abstract: The West Chester University Teachers Teaching with Technology Pre-Service/In-Service Professional Development Program housed at West Chester University located in Pennsylvania, USA, has provided professional development in the area of technology for thousands of high school and middle school mathematics teachers around the world. Each summer the program offers several graphing handheld institutes for teachers of mathematics/science. These workshops provide a breeding ground for a new and improved teacher of mathematics. Improved methods of teaching undoubtedly lead to more advanced students. In this study eight different workshops were studied. Two of these workshops were 3 consecutive full days long and the rest were 5 consecutive full days long. The same attitudinal survey was administered both before each workshop and again at the conclusion of each workshop. The study included 63 educators, mostly mathematics teachers. This study showed that a five day i!
nstitute is more effective than a three day institute and that graphing calculator institutes have a positive attitudinal affect on teachers of mathematics.
Keywords: Graphing handhelds; Mathematics education; Professional development; Teacher attitudes.
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Special (Invited) Session: A Three Day Versus a Five Day Graphing Handheld Professional Development Program; and, Its Attitudinal Effect On Teachers of Mathematics
Organizer of the Session: 657-165
How Did you learn about congress: John Kerrigan; jkerrigan@wcupa.edu
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