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Izsák, Andrew; Kulow, Torrey; Beckmann, Sybilla; Stevenson, Dean; Ölmez, Ibrahim Burak – Mathematics Teacher Educator, 2019
We report results from a mathematics content course intended to help future teachers form a coherent perspective on topics related to multiplication, including whole-number multiplication and division, fraction arithmetic, proportional relationships, and linear functions. We used one meaning of multiplication, based in measurement and expressed as…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Multiplication, Division, Mathematical Concepts
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Stevenson, Dean L.; Beckmann, Sybilla; Johnson, Sheri E.; Kang, Rui – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2018
We have extended two perspectives of proportional reasoning to solve problems based in probability. Four future middle grade teachers were enrolled in a mathematics content course that emphasized reasoning about multiplication with quantities. The course expected future teachers to generate and explain methods for solving proportions. Probability…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Probability, Middle School Teachers, Preservice Teachers