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- Aguilar, Mario Sanchez, et al.
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Towards Characterization of Scale and Scaling in Implementation Research within Mathematics Education
- 2023
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Ingår i: Implementation and Replication Studies in Mathematics Education. - 2667-0135 .- 2667-0127. ; 3:1, s. 99-122
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Scale and scaling are central concepts in projects aimed at implementing innovations for improving mathematics education. This study aims to provide conceptual clarity on the notions of scale and scaling in mathematics education research. The meanings of these terms are handled tacitly, and there is diversity in how they are used in the literature. To address this, we gathered opinions from experienced researchers in the area of the large-scale implementation of educational innovations, and we also conducted a literature review of articles explicitly addressing aspects of scale and scaling in mathematics education. We analyzed the content of these sources using Coburn’s (2003) conceptualization of scale. Our findings provide insight into how experts define and understand the concepts of small scale, large scale, at scale and scaling, and how these concepts relate to the four dimensions of scale proposed by Coburn. This study contributes to developing a more precise and nuanced understanding of scale and scaling in mathematics education research by offering an operational distinction between small-scale, large-scale, and medium-scale project implementation. This distinction is based on three key factors: the contact factor, the material factor, and the organizational factor.
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- Ahl, Linda Marie, 1970, et al.
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Implementation Research in Mathematics Education: A Systematic Mapping Review
- 2023
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Ingår i: Implementation and Replication Studies in Mathematics Education. - : Brill Academic Publishers. - 2667-0135 .- 2667-0127. ; 3:2, s. 135-199
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present the results of a systematic literature review of research articles that self-identify as describing the implementation of innovations from mathematics education research in educational practice. We classified 103 articles according to study type, the type of teaching/learning phenomenon the implementation targeted, and whether the innovation carrier was a curriculum reform, professional development, or a curriculum resource. We found that interest in implementation research increased from a modest number of published studies prior to 2003 to a peak in 2021. Other results highlight that projects that targeted teaching in line with the U.S. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics process standards were dominant when curricular reform acted as a carrier. Planning and design aspects of such projects were rarely reported, and projects were rarely discussed theoretically. Instead, such projects were commonly researched by studying teachers’ reform enactment. We discuss the consequences of this imbalance.
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- Helenius, Ola, 1970
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A stakeholder analysis of the development of a large scale professional development program.
- 2021
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Ingår i: Implementation and Replication Studies in Mathematics Education. - : Brill. - 2667-0135 .- 2667-0127. ; 1:2, s. 227-256
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The development of a large-scale professional development project for Swedish mathematics teachers is retrospectively examined. By referring to documentation produced by stakeholders in the development process, the stakeholder’s design recommendations and underlying assumptions on teacher development are described. Seeing the development as a co-determination process explains how research-based principles appearing early in the process gradually change to become something different in the end, without the reasons for this shift ever being explicitly discussed in stakeholders’ documentations. It is discussed whether the distributed way of constructing the program might cause difficulties in sticking to an explicit theory of change.
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- Prytz, Johan, et al.
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An Innovation’s Path to Mathematics Textbooks: A Retrospective Analysis of the Successful Scaling of the Swedish PUMP Project
- 2022
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Ingår i: Implementation and Replication Studies in Mathematics Education. - : Brill Academic Publishers. - 2667-0135 .- 2667-0127. ; 2:2, s. 241-288
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this study, we investigate how the results of the Swedish PUMP project (1973–1977) influenced the content of mathematics textbooks in Sweden. Through analyses of 26 mathematics textbooks and interviews with three key informants, we identified a large impact on textbooks and six different channels for spreading innovations to textbooks, but also teachers. We theoretically frame our results on Coburn’s four dimensions of scaling: depth, sustainability, spread, and shift in reform ownership. Our results showed that although the PUMP project was never officially implemented, its scaling followed a number of official channels. Thus, we argue that the project is an example of what may be referred to as informal implementation. We also hypothesize that while textbooks calling for a change in teaching practice rarely succeed as carriers of innovations, a change in content aligned with existing teaching practice can successfully facilitate scaling innovations without accompanying extensive professional development.
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