Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29022
Title: Teachers Involved in Designing MERLO Items
Contributor(s): Robutti, Ornella (author); Carante, Paola (author); Prodromou, Theodosia  (author)orcid ; Kenett, Ron S (author)
Publication Date: 2020
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1985-1.ch004
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29022
Abstract: This chapter looks at an in-depth application of meaning equivalence reusable learning objects (MERLO) to mathematics education and teacher professional development. The study has been conducted during professional development courses for in-service teachers and is focused on mathematics teachers' praxeologies, namely their didactical techniques and theoretical aspects embraced to accomplish a task. Specifically, the task given to the teachers consists in designing MERLO items to be used in their classrooms, working in groups or individually, after having been trained by researchers in mathematical education. The chapter presents two case studies with data, one dealing with secondary school teachers in Italy and one concerning primary teachers in Australia. One of the main aims of the study is the analysis of the praxeologies of these teachers when they are engaged in designing MERLO items during professional development programs. The chapter demonstrates, with these examples, the generalizability potential of MERLO items and that they can be used in different cultural and institutional ecosystems.
Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: Pedagogy for Conceptual Thinking and Meaning Equivalence: Emerging Research and Opportunities, p. 61-85
Publisher: IGI Global
Place of Publication: Hershey, United States of America
ISBN: 9781799819875
9781799819851
9781799819868
179981985X
1799819876
1799819868
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 390109 Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930202 Teacher and Instructor Development
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 160303 Teacher and instructor development
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
Publisher/associated links: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1120784449
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1120783670
Editor: Editor(s): Masha Etkind and Uri Shafrir
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter
School of Education

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