Teacher Impacts

Project AIM has shown that participating teachers improved their:

• mathematics knowledge for teaching;
• understanding of and preparedness to facilitate discourse-rich instruction;
• attention to aspects of lesson planning related to promoting discourse; and
• frequency of using techniques to promote discourse.

Broader Impacts

Project AIM has impacted the broader mathematics education research community by:

• generating frameworks, discourse techniques, and tools for elementary grades teachers to use as they analyze, plan for, enact, and reflect on lessons aimed at promoting high-quality discourse for each and every student, in particular English Learners and other students who are learning how to effectively communicate about mathematics;
• illustrating ways that Project AIM discourse strategies can be implemented effectively in the classroom; and
• examining how the PD materials supported teachers’ professional learning experiences, including study of discussions about their own instruction versus the instruction of others.