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Erik Jacobson – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2024
This study used units coordination as a theoretical lens to investigate how whole number and fraction reasoning may be related for preservice teachers at the conclusion of a math methods class. The study contributes quantitative evidence that units coordination provides a common foundation for both mathematical knowledge for teaching whole number…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Methods Courses
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Gürefe, Nejila; Aktas, Gülfem Sarpkaya – South African Journal of Education, 2020
The teaching of mathematics does not only require the teacher to have knowledge about the subject, but the teacher also needs mathematical knowledge that is useful for the teaching and explaining thereof, as the teacher's knowledge effects the students' knowledge. A teacher should use appropriate mathematical explanation to be understood well by…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Competencies
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Wessman-Enzinger, Nicole M.; Tobias, Jennifer; Olanoff, Dana – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2020
Writing and evaluating contextual problems is an important task in the work of teaching, and thus is part of the knowledge that prospective teachers must develop. In dealing with word problems posed both by children and themselves, prospective teachers will need to attend to the realism of the context and the consistency between the operation and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Addition, Word Problems (Mathematics)
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Otten, Samuel, Ed.; Candela, Amber G., Ed.; de Araujo, Zandra, Ed.; Haines, Cara, Ed.; Munter, Charles, Ed. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2019
These proceedings are a written record of the research presented at the 41st annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) held in St. Louis, Missouri, November 14-17, 2019. This year's conference theme is "...against a new horizon." The papers comprise 67…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Educational Technology, Evaluation
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Hodges, Thomas E., Ed.; Roy, George J., Ed.; Tyminski, Andrew M., Ed. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2018
These Proceedings are a written record of the research presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) held in Greenville, South Carolina, November 15-18, 2018. The theme of the conference is "Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Celebrating 40…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Algebra, Number Concepts, Geometry
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Goodson-Espy, Tracy; Cifarelli, Victor V.; Pugalee, David; Lynch-Davis, Kathleen; Morge, Shelby; Salinas, Tracie – School Science and Mathematics, 2014
This study explored how mathematics content and methods courses for preservice elementary and middle school teachers could be improved through the integration of a set of instructional materials based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). A set of eight instructional modules was developed and tested. The study involved 7…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Course Content, Mathematics Education, Program Improvement