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Profiling Teachers:
Constructivist- and Behaviorist-Oriented Mathematics

Boris Handal
The University of Sydney
 
borishandal@optusnet.com.au

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Abstract  

This study suggests the existence of a constructivist and a behaviorist teaching profile in the teaching of mathematics thematically. A survey was conducted among 122 secondary mathematics teachers in the Metropolitan Sydney area in Australia . Correlation and factor analyses and analysis of teachers’ responses to open-ended questions of the survey, followed by interviews, indicate that these two pedagogical constructs act as internal influences governing teachers’ mathematical beliefs and their espoused instructional practices.

IntroductionThe StudyMethodologyResults and Discussion
ConclusionReferences