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Leung, Issic Kui Chiu; Ding, Lin; Leung, Allen Yuk Lun; Wong, Ngai Ying – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
This study is the part of a larger study on investigating Hong Kong (HK) prospective teachers' (PTs) subject matter knowledge (SMK) and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK). In this paper, five HK PTs' and PC on teaching one topic regarding square root were investigated. The results suggest that insufficient understanding on the concept of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Algebra, Teacher Competencies, Preservice Teachers
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Quinn, Robert J.; Lamberg, Teruni D.; Perrin, John R. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2008
Dividing by zero can be confusing for students at all levels. If teachers are to provide clear and understandable explanations of this topic, they must possess a strong conceptual understanding of it themselves. In this article, the authors present qualitative data on fourth- through eighth-grade teachers' perceptions of division by zero. They…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematical Concepts
Antonijevic, Radovan – Online Submission, 2006
This paper considers the main characteristics of contents' connections between technical education and physics curricula, in the sixth, seventh and eighth grade of the Serbian primary school. The undertaken logical and didactic analyses of interconnectedness between contents structure of the two school subjects are based upon comparisons which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Scientific Concepts, Physics