1. Improving the quality of adaptive learning support provided by kindergarten teachers in play-based mathematical learning situations
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Andrea Wullschleger, Anke Lindmeier, Aiso Heinze, Anuschka Meier-Wyder, Miriam Leuchter, Franziska Vogt, Elisabeth Moser Opitz, University of Zurich, PHSG - Institut Lehr-Lernforschung, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF), and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
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Micro-adaptive learning support ,micro ,adaptive learning support ,Play-based mathematical learning ,Kindergarten teachers ,Professional development ,based mathematical learning ,Education ,Macro-adaptive learning support ,10091 Institute of Education ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,macro ,macro-adaptive learning support ,micro-adaptive learning support ,professional development ,play-based mathematical learning ,370 - Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen ,370 Education ,play - Abstract
Adaptive learning support is a key element of high quality preschool education and includes the planning of learning situations and teacher–child interactions. The provision of effective adaptive learning support in kindergarten is challenging. This longitudinal experimental study examined the impact of two professional development programs on 132 kindergarten teachers. One program focused on teacher–child interactions (micro-adaptive learning support), the other on planning, preparation, and reflection (macro-adaptive learning support). Each program had a positive impact on the quality of the specific type of adaptive mathematical learning support provided by kindergarten teachers, macro or micro, it was designed to improve.
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- 2022
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