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Livy, Sharyn; Muir, Tracey; Maher, Nicole – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2012
This paper reports on the results of three different investigations into pre-service teachers' understanding of the mathematical concepts of area and perimeter. Different test instruments were used with three cohorts from two universities in order to identify pre-service teachers' understandings and common misconceptions. The results indicated…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Knowledge Level
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Muir, Tracey – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2008
Studies such as the Effective Teachers of Numeracy Study (Askew, Brown, Rhodes, Johnson, & Wiliam (1997) have contributed much to our understanding of what constitutes effective teaching of numeracy. This paper aims to build on these findings and to contribute a model that could be used to understand teachers' numeracy practices and the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Numeracy, Educational Change, Mathematics Instruction