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Li, Qing; Lemieux, Collette; Vandermeiden, Elise; Nathoo, Shahista – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2013
This research study examines preservice teachers' experiences of learning through game design. In particular, we investigate how their perceptions of digital games have evolved through the process of designing and building their own educational games. We are also concerned with the knowledge and reasoning skills that preservice teachers…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Design
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Bowen, G. Michael; Farmer, Robert; Arsenault, Nicole – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2012
This paper theorizes issues involved with conflicts between participation in on-line settings and real-world social commitments, such as has recently happened in schools with students using public discussion forums for classes. We problematize how real-world social commitments negatively affect participation in online learning environments…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses
Kajander, Ann – Canadian Journal of Education, 2010
Teachers' understanding of the elementary school mathematics curriculum forms part, but not all, of the newly emerged field of mathematics for teaching, a term that describes the specialised mathematics knowledge of teachers. Pre-service teachers from a one-year teacher preparation program were studied in each of three years, using a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
Zazkis, Rina; Campbell, Stephen – 1994
This study contributes to a growing body of research on the development of elementary teacher's content knowledge of mathematics. Individual clinical interviews were conducted with preservice elementary teachers (N=21) enrolled in a professional development course called "Foundations of Mathematics for Teachers." An instrument that…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning)