Differentiated Math Education (GROW)
01.09.2011 to 01.09.2015
General project description
In most primary school classes the math skills, and therefore also the educational needs, of the pupils are strongly heterogeneous. Therefore, it is important that teachers adapt their math lessons to the various educational needs of their students ('differentiation').
In project GROW, a teacher professional development program about differentiation in primary mathematics education for in-service teachers is developed. In the schoolyears 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, twenty schools took part in the training program while an additional twelve schools functioned as a control cohort. The data gathered will be used to examine the effects of the teacher training program on several variables including the way in which teachers teach their mathematics lessons, student achievement and student motivation for mathematics.
Funding
NWO grant.