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The Power of Teacher Noticing: A Key to Understanding Engagement in Secondary Mathematics Lessons

Jan 18, 2024

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Math can be a tough subject for students in K-12, particularly as the years go by. Educators at University of Delaware are working to see how to both identify this trend and potentially find solutions.

Amanda Jansen, professor in the School of Education at UD, recently published a paper detailing teacher noticing –– how teachers observe, recognize, and make sense of what's happening in their classrooms.

Jansen and others investigated what high school mathematics teachers and their students noticed about students’ mathematical engagement to develop a framework for teachers’ and students’ noticing of mathematical engagement.

"We conjecture that researchers can use this framework as an analytic tool to support the field's understanding of student engagement and teachers’ efforts to engage students," the paper notes.

Jansen is available for interviews on this topic. She has been quoted in publications like Education Week and recently celebrated as a 2023 Excellence in

Scholarly Community Engagement Award recipient. Click the "View Profile" page to contact her.

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Distinguished Professor of Teacher Education, School of Education

Prof. Jansen conducts research on mathematics teaching practices that support students' motivation and engagement.

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