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Pincheira, Nataly; Alsina, Ángel – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
This study analyzes the mathematical knowledge of 40 preservice Chilean Early Childhood and Primary Education teachers when designing mathematical tasks on patterns, in the context of teaching early algebra. Based on the domains of the Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (MKT) model, we have adopted a descriptive qualitative methodological…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Quinn, Robert J.; Waddell, Glenn, Jr.; Gallaher, Daniel – Australian Mathematics Education Journal, 2021
The authors present mathematics problems related to the packaging of sporting goods which they used to motivate and engage their students in the USA. This article reports on a series of questions/problems that were explored in groups by the students in a college class designed for sophomores, as part of a program to prepare them to be teachers at…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Skills, Problem Based Learning
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Laughbaum, Edward D. – MathAMATYC Educator, 2011
Basic brain function is not a mystery. Given that neuroscientists understand its basic functioning processes, one wonders what their research suggests to teachers of developmental algebra. What if we knew how to teach so as to improve understanding of the algebra taught to developmental algebra students? What if we knew how the brain processes…
Descriptors: Brain, Algebra, Visualization, Pattern Recognition