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Mathematics Content Knowledge, Mathematics Teacher Efficacy, and Pedagogy
An important 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 …
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Impact of Mathematics Content Course Sequence on CBASE and Praxis II Scores of Elementary Teacher Candidates
… the impact of the number of developmental mathematics courses and the level of algebraic integration of general education mathematics courses have on elementary teacher candidates’ performance on the CBASE and Elementary Praxis II: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment. Course work and …
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Relationships Among Prospective Elementary Teachers' Beliefs About Mathematics, Mathematics Content Knowledge, and Previous Mathematics Course Experiences
… is the relationship among the constructs content knowledge, beliefs, and previous experiences of prospective elementary teachers. The 36 participants in the study, 35 females and one male, were recent graduates from a five-year Elementary Education licensure program at a major university …
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The Effects of a Combined Mathematics Content/Methods Course Involving Learning Cycles on Preservice Elementary Teachers' Beliefs about the Nature, Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
… was to determine whether a one-semester combined mathematics content/methods course based on Simon's (1994) Learning Cycle framework for the mathematical preparation of preservice elementary teachers was more effective at aligning preservice teachers' beliefs with the philosophy of the Standards …
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Professional training in mathematics education: a study of programmes, practices and prospects
The present study investigates the level of mathematics content knowledge acquired by pre-service teachers at the point of exit in their training programmes. The study was conducted on mathematics pre-service teachers. The purpose of study is to determine the level of mathematics attained by the …
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Exploring lesson study as a form of professional development for enriching teacher knowledge and classroom practices
… study process influenced teacher knowledge of mathematics content and pedagogical content.</p><p>Study participants were four secondary mathematics teachers from a rural high school in the Northeast. All participants were certified in teaching secondary mathematics and varied in their …
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Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Teachers: The Case of Multiplication and Division of Fractions
… 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, researchers have been looking at the knowledge needed to teach …
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Specialized mathematical content knowledge of preservice elementary teachers: the effect of mathematics teacher efficacy
In 2000, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics ([NCTM], 2000) described a compelling vision for mathematics education in the United States calling for high-quality instruction, knowledgeable teachers, ambitious expectations, and engaging curriculum. One aspect of this vision, …
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Music and mathematics : a reciprocal relationship action research with third graders at Cheyenne Elementary School.
… Elementary scored lower on state-mandated mathematics assessments than on reading assessments in three of the last seven years. While there was a reading coach on staff for Cheyenne Public Schools, there was not a position dedicated to math intervention to assist the students who scored …
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The effects of providing mathematical problem -posing experiences for K--8 pre-service teachers: Investigating teachers' beliefs and characteristics of posed problems
<p>This study incorporated problem posing into a mathematics content course for preservice elementary and middle school teachers by extending George Polya's (1957) problem solving heuristic to include problem re-formulation and by having participants pose problems from sets of given information. …
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Creating the Path Together: A Case Study of a Mathematics Professional Development Program for Teachers of English Language Learners
… this case study was to describe and analyze the Mathematics Access for Language Learners (MALL) professional development project. This project’s primary goal has been to provide teachers with the knowledge, strategies, tools, and materials to help make mathematics content accessible to their …
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It's About Access: How the Curricular System and Unequal Learning Opportunities Predict the Racial Test Score Gap in Mathematics
… score and racial college preparedness gaps in mathematics. The researcher examined this issue through a mixed methods design using Critical Race Theory (CRT) as the overarching theoretical framework supported by Yosso's (2002) Critical Race Curriculum. For the quantitative portion of the study …
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An expert mathematics teacher educator's noticing of preservice teachers' mathematical and pedagogical thinking : a qualitative case study.
… the importance of those skills for effective mathematics teaching. While there is robust research regarding the teacher noticing skills of groups such as preservice and inservice elementary, middle, and high-school teachers, there is limited research exploring mathematics teacher educators’ …
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Early Childhood (K-5) Preservice Teachers' Beliefs about Mathematics, Teaching Mathematics, and Learning Mathematics
<p>Mathematics teacher educators have agreed that teachers' beliefs about mathematics are contributing factors in their instructional practices, that preservice teachers' views of teaching and learning mathematics are influenced by their beliefs about mathematics, and that the process of becoming a …
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Supporting Pre-service Elementary Teachers Early Algebraic Thinking with Technology Through Lesson Planning and TPACK
… thinking is an essential component of the K-12 mathematics curriculum. Early algebra focuses on the overall numeric structure (Kaput, 2008 ; Kieran,2018; Kieran et al., 2016) which focuses on the noticing of arithmetic patterns leading to generalizations supported by justification, reasoning and …
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An Investigation into assessment reform in South Africa with special reference to common task assessment
… examine the attitude and perception of grade 9 mathematics teachers to CTA (common task assessment) 2009 as well as their understanding of the role of CTA. Six secondary schools in Pietermaritzburg area in the province of KwaZulu-Natal were selected as cases for an in-depth qualitative study. …
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Associations Between Primetime Television Shows and Viewers' Mathematics Knowledge, Science Knowledge and Confidence
In recent years, a rise in science and mathematics content has been observed in adult television programs. The programs CSI and Numb3rs, for example, frequently contain specific references to various science and mathematics problems. It is possible that a viewer's academic self-efficacy, defined as …
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