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Francisco, John M. – LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 2022
Reform movements in mathematics education advocate that mathematical argumentation play a central role in all classrooms. However, research shows that mathematics teachers at all grade level find it challenging to support argumentation in mathematics classrooms. This study examines the role of teachers' mathematical knowledge in teachers' support…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Mathematics Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Role
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Alex, Jogymol Kalariparampil – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
Teachers' content knowledge impacts on what they teach, how they teach and what their students learn. In order to check whether the prospective teachers in a rural South African university know the mathematics content they are expected to teach in the schools, at least at the same depth as their future students expected to attain, the research on…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Gómez-Torres, Emilse; Batanero, Carmen; Díaz, Carmen; Contreras, José Miguel – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2016
In this paper we describe the development of a questionnaire designed to assess the probability content knowledge of prospective primary school teachers. Three components of mathematical knowledge for teaching and three different meanings of probability (classical, frequentist and subjective) are considered. The questionnaire content is based on…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Questionnaires, Probability, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Chernoff, Egan J.; Russell, Gale L. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2013
The objective of this article is to contribute to the documented dearth of research on teachers' probabilistic knowledge. Prospective teachers of elementary school mathematics were asked to identify which result from five flips of a fair coin was least likely to occur. Participants, instead of being presented with sequences, were presented with…
Descriptors: Probability, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Elementary School Mathematics
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Groth, Randall E. – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2013
A hypothetical framework to characterize statistical knowledge for teaching (SKT) is described. Empirical grounding for the framework is provided by artifacts from an undergraduate course for prospective teachers that concentrated on the development of SKT. The theoretical notion of "key developmental understanding" (KDU) is used to identify…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Models
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Mischo, Christoph; Wahl, Stefan; Strohmer, Janina; Wolf, Carina – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
Early childhood teachers may differ regarding the knowledge base they use when making professional decisions. In this study two orientations are distinguished: the orientation towards scientific knowledge vs. the orientation towards intuition and subjective experience. As different tracks in early childhood teacher education qualify for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education, Beginning Teachers, Cognitive Style
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Chernoff, Egan J.; Russell, Gale L. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2011
The main objective of this article is to contribute to the limited research on teachers' knowledge of probability. In order to meet this objective, we presented prospective mathematics teachers with a variation of a well known task and asked them to determine which of five possible coin flip sequences was least likely to occur. To analyze…
Descriptors: Probability, Knowledge Level, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mathematics Teachers
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Lee, Hollylynne S.; Doerr, Helen; Ärlebäck, Jonas; Pulis, Tyler – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2013
Our study, situated within graduate-level courses for teachers focused on statistics, illustrates work across institutions for making sense of teachers' statistical thinking. Using a common assessment instrument, we identify and discuss four items that indicate strong statistical thinking and two that highlight concepts with which teachers…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Statistics, Teacher Educators, Graduate Study
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Yilmaz, Ismail – Journal of International Education Research, 2012
The purpose of this case study is to reveal prospective science teachers' knowledge and achievement levels in electricity-related subjects. The data for the study were collected from 44 prospective teachers using three measurement tools. The data were then analyzed using software developed for the Probability and Possibility Calculation Statistics…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Knowledge Level, Teaching Methods, Probability
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Atjonen, Paivi; Korkeakoski, Esko; Mehtalainen, Jouko – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
The general pedagogical knowledge of teachers is not often investigated in comparison to content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. In this article, a more comprehensive outlook on teachers' skills and knowledge without regard to subject-specific nuances is discussed in relation to classroom management strategies, the organization of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Class Size, Educational Principles, Probability
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Liu, Yan; Thompson, Patrick – Cognition and Instruction, 2007
Probability is an important idea with a remarkably wide range of applications. However, psychological and instructional studies conducted in the last two decades have consistently documented poor understanding of probability among different populations across different settings. The purpose of this study is to develop a theoretical framework for…
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Comprehension, Secondary School Teachers
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Mathews, Susann – Ohio Journal of School Mathematics, 2000
Presents some examples illustrating the importance of probability, data analysis, and statistics for the preservice mathematics teacher, and suggests ways of teaching these topics. (Contains 13 references.) (ASK)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mathematics Education
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Watson, Jane M. – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2001
Presents an instrument designed as a profile of teacher achievement and teacher needs with regard to the probability and statistics strands in the mathematics curriculum. Discusses uses for the instrument and further development possibilities. (MM)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers