Episode 2506: Digest 12 - Special Issue on Incremental Professional Development

This episode contains summaries of the articles in the Education Sciences special issue on incremental PD for mathematics teachers. All articles are open access in this special issue and available on the journal website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/education/special_issues/YBV49M7Q71  It has also been collected into a book, as well, from MDPI, if you prefer either the free PDF of the collected volume or a physical book.

• [1:35] Otten, S., de Araujo, Z., & Candela, A. G. (2025). The benefits of modesty: Considering incremental professional development for mathematics teachers. Education Sciences, 15(4), 473.
• [8:57] Arbaugh, F.. (2025). Commentary: Personal transformations and the possibilities of incremental progress in mathematics teacher professional development. Education Sciences, 15(1), 30.
• [12:36] Leshin, M., LaMar, T., & Boaler, J. (2024). Teachers' mixed implementation of Mindset mathematics practices during and after a novel approach to teacher learning. Education Sciences, 14(11), 1229.
• [16:45] Bondurant, L. M. (2024). Incremental growth through Professional Learning Communities of math teachers engaged in action research projects. Education Sciences, 14(10), 1104.
• [20:17] Marzocchi, A. S., Stone-Johnstone, A., Kurianski, K., & Soto, R. C. (2024). Supporting mathematics instructors' transition to equity-minded active instruction using a community of practice framework. Education Sciences, 14(9), 1001.
• [23:05] Lee, H. S., Thrasher, E., Mojica, G. F., Graham, B. M., Lee, J. T., & Kuhlman, A. (2024). Examining teachers' professional learning in an online asynchronous system: Personalized supports for growth and engagement in learning to teach statistics and data science. Education Sciences, 14(11), 1236.
• [26:51] Elliott, R., & Roberts, S. A. (2024). Studio as a catalyst for incremental and ambitious teacher learning. Education Sciences, 44(11), 1160.
• [32:45] Lesseig, K., & Hoppe, J. (2024). Beyond traditional lesson study: How Mathematics Studio supports generative teacher learning. Education Sciences, 14(12), 1277.
• [36:01] Jansen, A., Botello, M., & Silla, E. M. (2024). Rough Draft Math as an evolving practice: Incremental changes in mathematics teachers' thinking and instruction. Education Sciences, 14(11), 1266.
• [41:15] Quebec Fuentes, S. (2025). S^3D Approach: Incremental professional development for fostering small-group discourse. Education Sciences, 15(1), 36.
• [46:38] Litke, E., Wilson, J., & Hill, H. C. (2025). Equity-focused, rubric-based coaching: An incremental improvement approach to supporting teachers to shift toward more equitable mathematics instruction. Education Sciences, 15(4), 444.
• Book containing all the articles: Incremental and Innovative Approaches to Professional Development for Mathematics Teachers | MDPI Books 

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