Organization(s): Horizon Research, Inc., Education Development Center, Inc.
Funding agency: National Science Foundation
Program: Discovery Research K-12 (DRK-12)
HRI Role: Research
Project Description
MIST (Mathematics Immersion for Secondary Teachers) is a late-stage design and development study focused on secondary mathematics teacher professional development. The purpose of MIST is to refine and scale an existing model for a content-based, blended (in-person and online) course and to investigate effects of scaling up on the course and impacts of participation on teachers. MIST will provide a cost-effective model for a practice-based mathematics immersion course in which a trained facilitator and approximately four sites meet online, with 4-7 teachers meeting in person at each site.
Research Purpose
MIST addresses the following research questions:
- How well can instructors enact the MIST blended course design with fidelity and create immersion experiences in mathematics for participating teachers?
- What variations exist among instructors’ enactment of the MIST courses? What explains differences in enactment, and how do they relate to teachers’ experiences in the courses?
- What is the impact of MIST on teacher’s
- mathematical habits of mind,
- beliefs about the nature of mathematics and mathematics teaching, and
- engagement in their professional mathematics community?
- What is the impact of MIST on teachers’ instructional practices, particularly on the types of investigative mathematics learning experiences that teachers provide for students?
Related Products
- Mathematical Immersion for Secondary Teachers. Presentation at the DRK12 PI Meeting, June 2018
- Teachers as Mathematicians: Immersive Mathematics, Community, and Connecting to Practice in the MIST Project. Presentation at the conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, February 2019
- Mathematics Immersion Professional Development In an Online Classroom With In-Person School Groups: Research Results. Presentation at the conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, February 2020
- Heck, D.J., Hoover, P., Gordon, E.M., McLeod, M. (2020). Teachers Collaborating in Communities of Mathematics Immersion. ICMI Study 25 Conference Proceedings.
- Teachers Collaborating in Communities of Mathematics Immersion. Presentation at the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction conference. February 2020
- Heck, D.J., Hoover, P., Blessing, M.E. (2019) Developing Understanding of Math Practices in A Collaborative Professional Development Program. Proceeding for the 46th Annual Meeting of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning.
- Developing Understanding of Math Practices in A Collaborative Professional Development Program. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning. February 2019
- MIST. Video for the 2021 STEM for All Video Showcase
