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Thembinkosi Mkhatshwa – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2024
This qualitative document analysis study reports on opportunities to learn provided by textbooks for mathematics content courses for pre-service elementary teachers. Specifically, the study examined opportunities to engage in problem posing and quantitative reasoning, in the context of fractions, provided by six textbooks commonly used in the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students
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Zolfaghari, Maryam; Austin, C. K.; Kosko, K. W. – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2021
The quality of teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) is critical for effective teaching and mathematical learning of students. However, most efforts on measuring MKT tend to focus on teachers' content knowledge (CK), with less attention to teachers' pedagogical content knowledge for teaching (PCK). This study reports on our initial…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
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Maryam Zolfaghari; Karl Kosko; Christine Austin – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2024
Mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) is a professional knowledge crucial for effective mathematics instruction, encompassing both content knowledge (CK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). The purpose of this study is to investigate the hierarchical structure of PCK for fractions by seeking further evidence for the PCK-Fractions…
Descriptors: Fractions, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness