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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"mathematical knowledge for teaching"”.
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Teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching, instructional practices, and student outcomes
… examines the relationships among teachers’ mathematical knowledge, their teaching practices, and student achievement. Quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques (content knowledge assessments, surveys, interviews, and classroom observations) were used to collect data from 21 …
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An Examination of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching in Professional Development Settings
<p>Researchers have laid the foundation for what mathematics teachers need to know, a construct referred to as Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (Ball, Thames, & Phelps, 2008). There is, however, a lack of robust research regarding how Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (MKT) is developed within …
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Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Teachers: The Case of Multiplication and Division of Fractions
… attempts to answer the question, What is the mathematical knowledge required by teachers of elementary mathematics content courses in the area of multiplication and division of fractions? Beginning in the mid-1980s, when Shulman (1986) introduced the idea of pedagogical content knowledge, …
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An Investigation of Teachers’ Noticing, Cognitive Demand, and Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching: Video Reflections in an Elementary Mathematics Context
<p>In the past decade, mathematics performance by all students, especially minority students in low socioeconomic schools, has shown limited improvement nationwide (NCES, 2011). Traditionally in the United States, mathematics has consisted of arithmetic and computational fluency; however, …
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Pre-service primary teachers' cognition of MTK for Euclidean geometric patterns and its effects in classroom practice
This study investigates the mathematical knowledge for teaching Euclidean geometric patterns held by pre-service primary school mathematics teachers during their final year of study. This investigation was intended to establish the cognition of the pre-service teachers on MKT for geometric patterns …
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Student Teacher Knowledge and Its Impact on Task Design
… investigated how student teachers used their mathematical knowledge for teaching and pedagogical knowledge to design and modify mathematical tasks. It also examined the relationship between teacher knowledge and the cognitive demands of a task. The study relied heavily on the framework in …
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Pre-service Teachers' Self-efficacy for Teaching Mathematics
<p>Teachers self-efficacy beliefs start forming upon entering their teacher education programs and continue to develop throughout their first few years of teaching. They then remain relatively stable for the remainder of their teaching careers. Teachers' self-efficacy beliefs have been shown to …
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An Examination of the Discourse in a Graduate Mathematics Methods Course
Mathematics reform efforts advocate the use of discourse as a method toward mathematical learning. Research also suggests that attention be placed on prospective teachers’ development of content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. One way to develop teacher knowledge and discourse skills …
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Prospective Teachers' Knowledge of Secondary and Abstract Algebra and their Use of this Knowledge while Noticing Students' Mathematical Thinking
… use of this understanding while engaging in the teaching practice of noticing students' mathematical thinking. I drew on the theory, Knowledge of Nonlocal Mathematics for Teaching, which suggests that teachers' knowledge of advanced mathematics can become useful for teaching when it first helps …
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Mathematics Content Knowledge, Mathematics Teacher Efficacy, and Pedagogy
… goal in elementary mathematics classrooms is for teachers to employ instructional practices that engage students to develop sustainable and deep conceptual mathematics understanding. In preservice education, this often requires transforming student teachers’ beliefs about teaching mathematics, …
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Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics to Latino English Language Learners: An Instrument Development Study
… the domains, as well as specific aspects of, knowledge for teaching mathematics to Latino English Language Learners (KT-MELL) and to develop a valid and reliable measure of this knowledge. Latino ELLs are rapidly becoming one of the most populous of student groups in schools--in urban cities …
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Factors influencing preservice teachers’ noticing of students’ mathematical thinking
… preservice teachers (PSTs) in developing these teaching practices in order for them to be as effective as possible in their future classrooms. Given its central role in high-quality math instruction, recent research has addressed the practice of teacher noticing, what a teacher sees and responds …
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Escala apresentada em gráficos: conhecimentos matemáticos para o ensino dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental (crianças e Eja)
… necessários para desenvolver um processo de formação continuada de professores dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental. Para tal, foram desenvolvidos três estudos de naturezas distintas, mas complementares. No Estudo 1, a partir da revisão da literatura, estabelecemos as habilidades …
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Instructional Strategies Used By Effective Mathematics Teachers In Adventist Elementary Schools In Florida: An MQI Analysis
<p>The Problem</p> <p>Teaching mathematics can be a difficult task. United States students on comparative international mathematics assessments consistently rank near the test averages. On a national assessment, commonly called the Nation’s Report Card, more than half of American students rank as …
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Thinking and creativity in learning mathematics teaching
… include developing an understanding of classroom mathematical interactions. The research literature and professional expertise agree that a teacher’s ability to respond to classroom mathematical interactions depends on her understanding of the subject matter within pedagogical situations. As a …