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Markovits, Zvia; Patkin, Dorit – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2021
This study aims to explore in-service preschool teachers' attitudes towards and beliefs about geometry and its teaching and to investigate their knowledge of shapes and solids. The study uses a mixed descriptive approach employing quantitative and qualitative research methods. Thirty-four Israeli preschool teachers of children aged 3-6 from 34…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Geometry, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
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Mevarech, Zemira R.; Iddini, Vivian – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2021
The purpose of the present study is to examine the effects of an intervention in which mathematics e-book (EB) activities were supported by metacognitive scaffolding on kindergarten children's mathematics knowledge and mathematics reasoning. Participants were 60 Israeli children who studied in three intact kindergarten classrooms in the Arab…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Knowledge Level, Thinking Skills, Electronic Publishing
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Applebaum, Mark; Leikin, Roza – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2014
This study is based on our belief that mathematics should be challenging in any classroom and that mathematical challenge is among the central factors that determine the quality of mathematics lessons. Choosing challenging mathematical problem for the students is central in teachers' work while their conception of mathematical challenge can…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Experienced Teachers, Definitions