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Publication Date: 2012-Nov
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North Carolina NAEP: Applying the National Assessment of Educational Progress within Preservice Teacher Education
Goodson-Espy, Tracy; Cifarelli, Victor V.; Pugalee, David; Lynch-Davis, Kathleen; Morge, Shelby; Salinas, Tracie; Mawhinney, Katherine; Owens, Sharilyn; Savich, Paula; Anderson, Amanda; Schmal, Stephen
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (34th, Kalamazoo, MI, Nov 1-4, 2012)
This study developed twelve instructional modules based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress for mathematics content and methods courses for preservice elementary and middle school teachers and examined their impact on PSTs' mathematical content knowledge and self-efficacy beliefs about teaching mathematics. The modules help preservice teachers: (1) improve their mathematical content knowledge, (2) learn how to use effective methods to teach mathematics; and (3) become aware of uses of NAEP. Mathematical content knowledge was measured by instruments from the Learning Mathematics for Teaching project and mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs were measured by the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument or the Yackel Beliefs Survey. Modules were found to increase PSTs' mathematical content knowledge for teaching and improve their teaching efficacy beliefs. [For the complete proceedings, see ED584829.]
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Beliefs, Student Attitudes, Learning Modules, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Instruction, Methods Courses, Mathematical Concepts, Teacher Education Programs, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress
Grant or Contract Numbers: 0737424
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