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Lo, Jane-Jane; Luo, Fenqjen – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2012
Prospective elementary teachers must understand fraction division deeply in order to meaningfully teach this topic to their future students. This paper explores the nature of the subject content knowledge of fraction division possessed by a group of Taiwanese prospective elementary teachers at the beginning of their mathematics methods course. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Methods Courses, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Tobias, Jennifer M.; Olanoff, Dana; Lo, Jane-Jane – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2012
This paper describes a synthesis conducted to determine what research says regarding preservice teachers' understanding of fractions and identify the gaps in their existing knowledge basis. Specifically, this paper will address a smaller portion of the synthesis and report the findings from fraction multiplication and division topics. Results…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Mathematics Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education