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Lee, Mi Yeon – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2017
This study investigated 111 pre-service teachers' (PSTs') flexibility with referent units in solving a fraction division problem using a length model. Participants' written solutions to a measurement fraction division problem were analyzed in terms of strategies and types of errors, using an inductive content analysis approach. Findings suggest…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Problem Solving, Fractions, Mathematics Instruction
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Guala, Elda; Boero, Paolo – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2017
This paper deals with the competence of Cultural (epistemological, historical and anthropological) Analysis of the Content (CAC), which is important for teachers' awareness and autonomy when dealing with educational choices in a changing cultural and institutional context. We report on an 18-hour intervention in a teacher education course at the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Education Programs, Undergraduate Study, Intervention