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Learning to Teach Hard Mathematics: Do Novice Teachers and Their Instructors Give Up Too Easily?
- H. Borko, M. Eisenhart, Catherine A. Brown, R. Underhill, Doug Jones, Patricia C. Agard
- Education
- 1992
This article analyzes from several vantage points a classroom lesson in which a student teacher was unsuccessful in providing a conceptually based justification for the standard division-offractions…
The Ethnographic Research Tradition and Mathematics Education Research.
- M. Eisenhart
- Sociology, Education
- 1988
Although in theory ethnography has been put forward as a powerful naturalistic methodology, in practice it has rarely been used by educational researchers because of differences in assumptions,…
Educational Ethnography Past, Present, and Future: Ideas to Think With
- M. Eisenhart
- Sociology
- 1 November 2001
This paper addresses an issue that constantly plagues all social science research: How should we adjust our conceptual orientations and methodological priorities to take into account apparently…
Conceptual Knowledge Falls through the Cracks: Complexities of Learning to Teach Mathematics for Understanding.
- M. Eisenhart, H. Borko, R. Underhill, Catherine A. Brown, Doug Jones, Patricia C. Agard
- Education
- 1993
In this article we focus on two interrelated aspects of the process of learning to teach mathematics for understanding: (a) ideas and practices for teaching procedural knowledge and (b) ideas and…
Contestation and Change in National Policy on “Scientifically Based” Education Research
- M. Eisenhart, Lisa Towne
- Education
- 1 October 2003
In this article, we examine the definitions of “scientifically based research” in education that have appeared in recent national legislation and policy. These definitions, now written into law in…
Changing Conceptions of Culture and Ethnographic Methodology: Recent Thematic Shifts and their Implications for Research
- M. Eisenhart
- Sociology
- 2001
Educated in Romance: Women, Achievement, and College Culture
- Dorothy Holland, M. Eisenhart
- Education
- 20 June 1991
Is romance more important to women in college than grades are? Why do so many women enter college with strong academic backgrounds and firm career goals but leave with dramatically scaled-down…
Creating the Conditions for Scientific Literacy: A Re-Examination
- M. Eisenhart, E. Finkel, Scott F. Marion
- Education
- 1 June 1996
This article explores the way in which scientific literacy has been defined, justified, and operationalized in current proposals for science education reform. We argue that, although the vision of…
Standards for Qualitative (and Quantitative) Research: A Prolegomenon
- K. Howe, M. Eisenhart
- Education, Sociology
- 1 May 1990
The proliferation of qualitative methods in educational research has led to considerable controversy about standards for the design and conduct of research. This controversy has been playing itself…
Teacher Beliefs
- M. Eisenhart, Judith L. Shrum, J. R. Harding, Alexander M. Cuthbert
- Education
- 1 March 1988
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