Innovating with in-service mathematics teachers’ professional development: The intersection among mixed-reality simulations, approximation-of-practice, and technology-acceptance

Jair J. Aguilar; Seokmin Kang

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Jair J. Aguilar ¹ ^* , Seokmin Kang ¹

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¹ Department of Teaching & Learning, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA^* Corresponding Author

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In-service teachers must be provided with high-quality professional development (PD) opportunities that not only effectively improves and develops their skills, but also engage, and motivate them to continue growing. In this project, we studied in-service teachers’ perceptions, opinions, and mindset toward the use of mixed-reality simulations (MRS) as a potential tool for PD to advance and enhance their pedagogical knowledge for mathematics. We followed a convergent parallel mixed-method approach with 49 in-service teachers who were exposed to a series of simulations sessions. We found evidence that the use and integration of technologies like MRS as a tool for PD is considered to be an approximation of practice well accepted by the teachers. In addition, the majority of participants perceived the tool as an effective-unique strategy to develop skills related to questioning, eliciting and assessing students.

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in-service teachers
professional development
technology-integration

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INT ELECT J MATH ED, 2023, Volume 18, Issue 4, Article No: em0750

https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13628

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Aguilar, J. J., & Kang, S. (2023). Innovating with in-service mathematics teachers’ professional development: The intersection among mixed-reality simulations, approximation-of-practice, and technology-acceptance. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 18(4), em0750. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13628

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Aguilar JJ, Kang S. Innovating with in-service mathematics teachers’ professional development: The intersection among mixed-reality simulations, approximation-of-practice, and technology-acceptance. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2023;18(4):em0750. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13628

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Aguilar JJ, Kang S. Innovating with in-service mathematics teachers’ professional development: The intersection among mixed-reality simulations, approximation-of-practice, and technology-acceptance. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2023;18(4), em0750. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13628

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Aguilar, Jair J., and Seokmin Kang. "Innovating with in-service mathematics teachers’ professional development: The intersection among mixed-reality simulations, approximation-of-practice, and technology-acceptance". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2023 18 no. 4 (2023): em0750. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13628

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Aguilar, J. J., and Kang, S. (2023). Innovating with in-service mathematics teachers’ professional development: The intersection among mixed-reality simulations, approximation-of-practice, and technology-acceptance. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 18(4), em0750. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13628

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Aguilar, Jair J. et al. "Innovating with in-service mathematics teachers’ professional development: The intersection among mixed-reality simulations, approximation-of-practice, and technology-acceptance". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 18, no. 4, 2023, em0750. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13628