English to Polish Other Education / Pedagogy mathematics

The development of an intensive professional community of practice focused on improving student outcomes has been found to be critical to success. A 2007 exploratory study shows the importance of teacher release time to support professional learning community and networking. A 2007 study of a 2-year Professional Learning and Development Cluster focussed on statistics found associated gains for students. A 2007 study focused on sustainability demonstrated how highly effective lead teachers were forging and sustaining communities of practice in two schools. The 2007 evaluation showed teachers who received partial funding for tertiary mathematics study were constrained by lack of time and lack of school support for study. A 2007 evaluation showed achievement gains for Year 9 students but a very small impact on Year 10 student achievement of Secondary Numeracy Development Project. A 2007 Numeracy Development Project pilot found mathematics coaches to be one way of deepening content knowledge of Year 6-8 teachers.